The MEK, Museum Europäischer Kulturen, founded in 1999, has a large space for its extensive holdings relating to European cultures (280 000 pieces, organised by theme or distributed by "ethnicity"). For the time being, only a tiny portion is displayed, with a single guiding line: the question of how local identities fare in the face of the emergence of a global culture. The works presented show regional specificities and, to a degree, cultural mingling.