In this blog, we analyse the website ‘The September 11 Digital Archive’, saving the histories of September 11, 2001, and ‘WieWasWie’, a website focussed on genealogy and archival material. We will do this using questions and analysing methods used by Cohen and Rosenzweig. The September 11 Digital Archive In the ‘About’ section of this […]
Before visiting the Scheepvaartmuseum (Maritime Museum) I looked up their opening times on their website. Almost all Dutch museums can be found on the internet, either with their own website or on websites about the area they are located. These websites show information to possible visitors about the museum. Some websites offer more than just […]
During a project that took place in the summer of 2018 in the Mauritshuis in The Hague, by itself a marvelous historical location built in the seventeenth century, the curators took us back to the Late Medieval period. In this exhibition, visitors get an insight into the process of painting in the fifteenth century. On […]
Like many other cities, Amsterdam likes to cling to the time when it was the centre of the world. In the exhibition ‘Amsterdam Magisch Centrum (Amsterdam Magical Centre)’ this centre position, for once, is not situated in the seventeenth century Dutch Golden Age, but in the rousing sixties. It was the artist and well known […]
As a Dutchwoman with roots in Noord-Holland, cheese making is something that my ancestors, if they did not actually partake in it themselves, would at least have been very familiar with. The Hollands Kaasmuseum (Holland Cheese Museum) in Alkmaar is therefore a place I long felt I should visit at some point, and now, with […]
Everyone, including me, who ever visited a modern or contemporary art museum can get a little bit confused by its content. ‘How can this be art?’ ‘What has this to do with art history?’ or ‘How can you find this just as beautiful as the great works of Rembrandt or Da Vinci?’ are questions that […]
On September 16th, I visited the Stedelijk Museum Alkmaar (SMA). According to it’s website, the museum claims to be the memory of Alkmaar where one can experience and discover the history and art of this city and its surroundings. The museum has several permanent and temporary exhibitions. I paid a visit to Victorie! Het Beleg van […]
In 1995, during archaeological research a skeleton was found near the Dutch city of Castricum. The skeleton was more than 1600 years old and turned out to be a woman from the 4th century. She was probably between 24 and 30 years old and she originally came from East Germany. After further research the University […]
It is cold, you are descending into a dark, damp, cave-like cellar, you do not see much, everyone around you is silent. Can you still turn around? Yes! But don’t, because you are entering a museum called DOMunder: a fascinating place that promises to teach you all about 2000 years of history in Utrecht, the […]
Bringing together the entire history of the Netherlands in one exhibition: that sounds almost impossible. Nevertheless, a brave attempt has been made. Exactly a year ago, the permanent exhibition De Canon van Nederland (the Dutch Canon) opened in the Nederlands Openluchtmuseum (Dutch Open Air Museum) in Arnhem. About fifty windows showing the historical and cultural […]