160 search results for “indigenous artefacten in museum collecties” in the Student website
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Fang-I ChuFaculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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Evelien Campfens in the New York Times on looted art in museums
In an article by the New York Times, cultural heritage law specialist Evelien Campfens discusses the difficulties surrounding the ownership of looted art.
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Theatres and museums
In the centre of Leiden there are thirteen museums, all within walking distance of each other. Leiden is also home to the oldest theatre in the Netherlands, the Leidse Schouwburg. The Hague on the other hand has no less than thirty museums in and around the city, as well as a wealth of theatres. So…
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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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Lucas da Costa MacielFaculty of Archaeology
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Martin BergerFaculty of Archaeology
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Laurie Kalb CosmoFaculty of Humanities
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Csilla ArieseFaculty of Humanities
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Laurie Cosmo: ‘Dutch museums are very innovative’
The plan was to research the years surrounding the creation of the signature H.P. Berlage building of the Kunstmuseum Den Haag, but due to the lockdown, University Lecturer Laurie Kalb Cosmo has hardly been able to visit museums. Yet she succeeds in continuing her research for the Museums, Collections…
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Myfel PalugaFaculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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Laurie Cosmo: ‘Dutch museums have a very contemporary exhibition practice’
University lecturer Laurie Cosmo, having grown up in New York, came to the Hague from Rome, Italy, where she fell under the spell of the Kunstmuseum. ‘I loved the building even before I worked at Leiden University.’
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Adriana Churampi RamirezFaculty of Humanities
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Andrea RagragioFaculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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Depot or place of honour: what to do with Nobel laureates in the museum?
What do you do with a museum collection full of individual white Nobel laureates at a time when diversity, inclusion and teamwork reign supreme? Ad Maas, professor by special appointment, and researcher Hilbrand Wouters have been awarded an NWO Museum grant to answer that question.
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Museum Talks: ‘Our access to the past starts with in-depth knowledge of objects’
Geert-Jan Janse has always been fascinated by the way objects can bring the past closer. On 16 November, he will present a Museum Talk about his work as the director of the Vereniging Rembrandt (Rembrandt Association).
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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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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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Jan JansenFaculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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An inspired museum director: student Anne Kremers
Anne Kremers (1989) still has to complete her thesis in Art History, but she is already director of a museum. After following an internship at Villa Mondriaan, in September 2013 she took over the position of the oldest museum director of the Netherlands, becoming in the process the youngest museum director…
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Diana Davila Gordillo
Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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Maarten JansenFaculty of Archaeology
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Rethinking the Wereldmuseum Leiden through Indigeneity and Contemporary Art
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- Forgotten heroes
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Karin de WildFaculty of Humanities
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Gina van LingFaculty of Humanities
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Elizabeth Rodriguez EstradaFaculty of Archaeology
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Check it out: NIMAR contributes to COBRA museum exhibition
This summer, the COBRA Museum will be focusing on Moroccan art. 'The other story' exhibition presents for the first time Moroccan modernism in the Netherlands. The Netherlands Institute Morocco (NIMAR) contributed to its exhibition
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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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Lydia van de FliertFaculty of Archaeology
- Museum Lab workshops
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Sara de WitFaculty of Humanities
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Martine BruilFaculty of Humanities
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Ad Maas appointed professor by special appointment: 'Exhibiting scientific research is at the cutting edge of museology
On 1 September, Ad Maas, curator of Rijksmuseum Boerhaave, was appointed professor by special appointment. In this role, he will primarily focus on the representation of natural sciences in museums.
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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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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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A blue or gold background? NICAS grant awarded for research on restoration
Should the background of the painting remain blue or be restored to its original gold colour? PhD candidate Liselore Tissen will be using 3D prints and eye-tracking software to answer this question. NICAS is giving her a grant of 18,000 euros to accomplish this.
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Leaving the National Museum of Antiquities after forty years: ‘I will be taking a gap year first’
On 14 May, curator and professor Ruurd Halbertsma will be leaving the National Museum of Antiquities (RMO) after forty years of dedicated service. In fact, it will be a double farewell: Venusval (‘Venus trap’), the last part of his trilogy about Tjalling Kingma, the fictional curator of the classical…
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Natalia DonnerFaculty of Humanities
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Asmaa KhadimFaculteit der Rechtsgeleerdheid
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Pieter ter KeursFaculty of Humanities
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Anne Land-ZandstraFaculty of Science
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Corinne HofmanFaculty of Archaeology
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Elmer VeldkampFaculty of Humanities
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Sandra ManickamFaculty of Humanities
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Miriam WaltzFaculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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Adam BenferFaculty of Archaeology
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Jully Acuña SuarezFaculty of Humanities
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Carolina Pereira De Queiroz MonteiroFaculty of Archaeology
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Liselore TissenFaculty of Humanities