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Press releases

View the latest press releases from Wereldmuseum Amsterdam below. For press questions, please contact pers@wereldculturen.nl


More information about Our colonial inheritance can be found in the press kit.

Benin Bronzes

Netherlands to return Benin Bronzes to Nigeria

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ohammad Ebrahim, Bloemlezing van Perzische poëzie, Qajar, Iran, 1847, Collectie Wereldmuseum

Exhibition on the social impact of poetry opens 14 February

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Illustration from exhibition Council of the Raven_By Cristina Garcia Martin

ANNOUCED: COUNCIL OF THE RAVEN, HANDS-ON EXHIBITION FOR CLIMATE HEROES

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Embracing All Prerna Dangi_Irene Yee_ladylockoff

Fashion exhibition SARI/STATEMENT opening 12 April

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Huisstijl

New name: Wereldmuseum

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Museum Volkenkunde

Colonial collections to be returned to Indonesia and Sri Lanka

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Someone is getting rich

Someone is getting rich - Press release

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Bicycle taxis, cars and a tram at the intersection in front of the office of the International Credit and Trade Association "Rotterdam". Surabaya, between 1953 and 1960. Photo: NMVW Collection

Wereldmuseum Amsterdam asks public for help with tagging Indonesia photo collection

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Detail of decomposing dress by designer Scarlett Yang. Made of bioplastic. Photo: Scarlett Yang Design

Plastic Crush: Plastic dreams at Wereldmuseum Amsterdam

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