Colonial Collections Consortium

Colonial Collections Consortium

The Colonial Collections Consortium is a partnership between five organisations in the Netherlands: Museum Bronbeek, NIOD, Cultural Heritage Agency, Rijksmuseum and Wereldmuseum. The consortium supports institutions administering collections in provenance research by sharing knowledge, answering questions and providing stakeholders with a network.

Wereld Museum
Rijksmuseum
NIOD
RCE
Museum Bronbeek

News

27 June 2024

First NIAS-NIOD-KITLV fellows to start in September

In September, the first two fellows of the NIAS-NIOD-KITLV Moving Objects, Mobilising Culture in the Context of (De)colonisation start their research projects. The fellowship enables researchers and heritage professionals from former colonized countries to conduct five months of research into collections that arrived in the Netherlands in the context of colonialism.

14 May 2024

Call for Applications Sharing Stories on Contested Histories

The Call for Applications for the exchange programme Sharing Stories on Contested Histories is now open. The 2024 edition will explore how striving for equity may look like in our work, by stimulating and facilitating an exchange of knowledge, tools and experiences regarding our professional practices.
15 April 2024

First inventory of objects from Suriname in the Netherlands

At the beginning of April, a Netherlands delegation visited Suriname, during which agreements were made about cooperation in the field of colonial collections. For this visit, the Colonial Collections Consortium mapped out which objects are present in Dutch public collections through the colonial history of the Netherlands and Suriname.

10 April 2024

International Provenance Research Day

Provenance research is an important part of collection management. On Wednesday 10 April, more than 100 institutions from the international field pay extra attention to this during International Provenance Research Day with publications and activities such as guided tours and presentations.

Events

Monday
17 | 06 | 2024

International Conference on the Decolonisation of Museums

The concept of decolonising the museum, means different things in different parts of the world. During this conference on 17 June 2024, the ICOM Working Group on Decolonisation will share experiences from their daily practice, offering a broad variety of perspectives.

Friday
31 | 05 | 2024

Symposium Intertwined Stories – Colonial and religious heritage

In collaboration with the Radboud University, the Catholic Documentation Centre (KDC) organizes the Jan-Roes lecture. This year, Prof Susan Legêne has been invited to speak.
Monday
27 | 05 | 2024

Seminar Provenance research into heritage from a colonial context

During this seminar, practical experience is combined with theoretical background to discuss provenance research into heritage from a colonial context. In addition, the results of the MAS-project concerning provenance research into the museum’s Congolese collection will be presented during the seminar.