390 search results for “indigenous artefact in museum collections” in the Staff website
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Fang-I ChuFaculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
- Raphaël Gerssen
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Martin BergerFaculty of Archaeology
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Academic Historical Museum
The University’s historical collection is housed in the Academic Historical Museum. The museum is situated in the Academy Building.
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Lucas da Costa MacielFaculty of Archaeology
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Dutch state returns stolen artefacts: ‘Make sure to tell the full story’
The Netherlands returned 478 artefacts to Indonesia and Sri Lanka this week, on the advice of a Dutch committee. Rightly so, says Leiden professor Pieter ter Keurs from the Museums, Collections and Society interdisciplinary research programme. ‘But do make it clear why you are returning something.’
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Caroline Fernandes CaromanoFaculty of Humanities
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Willem van WijkFaculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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Laurie Kalb CosmoFaculty of Humanities
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Elizabeth Rodriguez EstradaFaculty of Archaeology
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Conference unravels the mystery of collecting, preserving and displaying
Why and how do people collect things? Why does a museum display one object and not another? These questions are at the heart of the interdisciplinary research programme Museums, Collections and Society. The programme is holding a conference for scholars and the general public on 5 and 6 July.
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Csilla ArieseFaculty of Humanities
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Stalin Sarango FloresFaculty of Science
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Carel’s Universe: Leiden museums depict Carel Stolker’s rectorship
Ten Leiden museums and heritage institutions have curated the online exhibition ‘Carel’s Universe’. They selected objects from their collections that symbolise retiring Rector Magnificus Carel Stolker and the research in Leiden. With direct references, playful associations and the odd nod and wink.
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Tommy van AvermaeteLeiden University Libraries
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Collective Labour Agreement (CAO) of Dutch Universities
The terms of employment of university employees are set out in the CAO of Dutch Universities.
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Our perspective on history is changing and our museums are changing too
Museums have long focused on power, wealth and a few famous figures. But that is changing, says Valika Smeulders, head of the history department at the Rijksmuseum. What this change comprises and how it has come about is the subject of her keynote speech at the D&I Symposium on 11 January.
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Myfel PalugaFaculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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Diana Davila Gordillo
Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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Conference Museums, Collections and Society
Conference
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Adriana Churampi RamirezFaculty of Humanities
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Andrea RagragioFaculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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Mariana FrançozoFaculty of Archaeology
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Marika KeblusekFaculty of Humanities
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Working in a living museum
Roderick Bouman is collection manager of the Leiden Hortus botanicus. He keeps track of which plants there are in the garden, where they come from and makes sure visitors can find the right information about them. ‘We are like a regular museum,’ says Bouman. ‘Except that our objects are alive. That…
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Elmer VeldkampFaculty of Humanities
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Jan JansenFaculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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Pieter ter KeursFaculty of Humanities
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Leiden University transfers unique collection of historical objects over to Rijksmuseum Boerhaave
Lenses from Christiaan Huygens’ telescope, instruments used to demonstrate Newton’s laws, and equipment that led to the discovery of superconductivity—around 3,000 scientific instruments from the Faculty of Science at Leiden University are now officially part of the Rijksmuseum Boerhaave collection.…
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Gabriel Spautz VieiraFaculty of Archaeology
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Advice to EU on looted art claims: ‘An agency could bring order to the legal chaos’
What practical steps can we take to resolve cross-border claims to looted art and prevent illicit trafficking in cultural goods? That's what the European Parliament asked Leiden legal scholar Evelien Campfens. Her advice: develop a registration system, issue art with a ‘passport’ and set up a European…
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From a fossil to an animal skin: as a museum, do you let the original pass through the hands of your visitors, or a replica?
Educators in European science museums sometimes think rather differently about the definition of an 'authentic' object. They think carefully about how they present those objects to teach visitors something or make them curious. This was shown in research by the Science Communication & Society department.…
- Forgotten heroes
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Maarten JansenFaculty of Archaeology
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Charlotte BoinFaculty of Governance and Global Affairs
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Curator Ruurd Halbertsma: ‘Surely we can’t just sweep away antiquity?’
Like many others, Ruurd Halbertsma has had a rollercoaster of a year. His museum, the National Museum of Antiquities (RMO), was closed for a long while because of the lockdown. Visitor numbers picked up again from September, but it the next few weeks will be tense now the hospitals are full again. Halbertsma:…
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Discover 450 years of parades at Museum De Lakenhal
The exhibition Leiden celebrates – 450 years of parades at Museum De Lakenhal shows how parades and society have changed through the centuries. Alumnus and historian Danielle van Goethem worked on the exhibition. She gives a preview.
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Karin de WildFaculty of Humanities
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Gina van LingFaculty of Humanities
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Lydia van de FliertFaculty of Archaeology
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Ecologist Emilia Hannula receives Gold Medal in Teylers Museum
Soil ecologists Emilia Hannula (Leiden) and Elly Morriën (UvA) received the Golden Medal of Teylers Tweede Genootschap on 5 November. They received the prize for their submission to a competition on sustainable soil management.
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Secretary Gräper visits to discuss cultural heritage and opening up collections
How should we address our colonial heritage? And how digital and accessible are our collections? Outgoing State Secretary Fleur Gräper spoke with researchers and heritage specialists about this on 25 January.
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Guus Heerma van VossFaculteit der Rechtsgeleerdheid
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Claire Perrette
Faculty of Archaeology
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ScienceGuide: collective subscription ended
Education, Library, Research
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Martine BruilFaculty of Humanities
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Tentoonstelling: Het onvertelde Caribische verhaal
Het zichtbaar maken van ongeschreven verhalen van inheemse culturen en volken van de Cariben. Dat doet de tentoonstelling ‘Caribbean Ties’ in de Oude UB.
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Asmaa KhadimFaculteit der Rechtsgeleerdheid
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Natalia DonnerFaculty of Humanities