Wiebke Ahrndt (born November 6, 1963 in Braunschweig) is a German ethnologist[1][2] and university lecturer. She has been director of the ÜberseemuseuminBremen since 2002.[3] She has been a professor at the University of Bremen in the Institute for Art Studies and Art Education since 2006.
After two semesters in Braunschweig, Wiebke Ahrndt studied Ethnology at the Georg-August-Universität Göttingen from 1984. Ethnology, Ancient History as well as Prehistory and Early History. This was followed by a year of study at the University of California Los Angeles. Ahrndt completed his studies in Bonn with a master's degree. She received her doctorate in 1995. Her studies focused on the ethnology of ancient America. From 1996, she completed a scientific traineeship at the Museum für Völkerkunde in Hamburg. She deepened her knowledge of America during an exchange program of the German Research FoundationinMexico. She then worked in Basel as a freelancer on exhibition concepts and as a permanent curator. In 2002, she moved to the Übersee-Museum in Bremen. On May 11, 2022, she was elected President of the Deutscher Museumsbund [de].[4]
