Wereldmuseum Amsterdam
At the Wereldmuseum Amsterdam, you’re entering an institution that began as a showcase for Dutch colonial possessions, then steadily widened its lens to global cultural life. The museum was founded in Haarlem in 1864 as the Koloniaal Museum, opened to the public in 1871, and was set up to present places like Indonesia and the people living there. Its early agenda wasn’t only cultural: by 1871 it also moved into research aimed at improving colonial production, including crops such as coffee beans and materials like rattan and paraffin. In 1926, the museum inaugurated its current building in East Amsterdam, when it already held around 30,000 objects alongside a sizable photographic collection. After Indonesia gained independence in 1945, the museum broadened again, shifting from a narrow focus on Dutch colonies to exhibitions across Asia, Africa, and South America. …
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