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Our Colonial Inheritance exhibition

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Wereldmuseum Amsterdam · Amsterdam-Oost

Our Colonial Inheritance

Now showingPermanent collection·Ticketed — see website

A multivoiced look at how Dutch colonialism shaped today's world, spanning Indonesia, Suriname, Curaçao and Sint Maarten.

Also at Wereldmuseum Amsterdam

On now nearby

Painting 'Vier generaties' by Hella de Jonge

Hella de Jonge – Dichter bij hun ziel

Verzetsmuseum Amsterdam (Dutch Resistance Museum)

Crimson Gilt installation by Vincent Ruijters

Vincent Ruijters - Crimson Gilt

Het Scheepvaartmuseum

Atlantic Window IV: Sedrig Verwoert, Strange Fruit 2.0

Atlantic Window IV: Sedrig Verwoert

Het Scheepvaartmuseum

All exhibitions in Amsterdam this month Coming up in November

Nearby

Exterior of the Plancius building housing the Verzetsmuseum in Amsterdam

Verzetsmuseum Amsterdam (Dutch Resistance Museum)

Military11 min walk

The 1656 naval storehouse housing Het Scheepvaartmuseum on Kattenburgerplein, Amsterdam

Het Scheepvaartmuseum

Transport14 min walk

Exterior of the Jewish Museum (Joods Historisch Museum), housed in the former Great Synagogue on Jonas Daniël Meijerplein, Amsterdam

Joods Museum (Jewish Museum, Jewish Cultural Quarter)

Children16 min walk

Entrance facade of the Amstelhof, home of H'ART Museum, on the Amstel in Amsterdam

H'ART Museum

Architecture17 min walk

Image credits

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Our Colonial InheritanceCourtesy of Wereldmuseum Amsterdam
Hella de Jonge – Dichter bij hun zielCourtesy of Verzetsmuseum Amsterdam (Dutch Resistance Museum)
Vincent Ruijters - Crimson GiltTwycer
Atlantic Window IV: Sedrig VerwoertPhoto: Sedrig Verwoert
Wereldmuseum AmsterdamSneeuwvlakte / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0
Verzetsmuseum Amsterdam (Dutch Resistance Museum)A. Bakker / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 3.0
Het ScheepvaartmuseumFernando via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0
Joods Museum (Jewish Museum, Jewish Cultural Quarter)S Sepp / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 3.0
H'ART MuseumFentener van Vlissingen, via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 3.0

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