Use the registration page: https://www.museum.nl/nl/wereldmuseum-amsterdam/tentoonstelling/onze-koloniale-erfenis Access is included with a museum entrance ticket. A Museumkaart is valid.

Exhibition

Our Colonial Heritage

Sat 31 Oct · 10:00–17:00+ 205 more dates

Wereldmuseum Amsterdam

About

Our Colonial Heritage is at Wereldmuseum Amsterdam. The page lists 29 October 2026, 10:00–17:00 and says the exhibition runs through 30 June 2027.

What to expect

The exhibition looks at the Dutch colonial past and how it still affects life today.

Hundreds of objects, photos, paintings and visual art
Focus on resilience, creativity and resistance
Links colonialism to inequality, exclusion and racism

Dates

Sat, 31 Oct · 10:00
Sun, 1 Nov · 10:00
Tue, 3 Nov · 10:00
Wed, 4 Nov · 10:00
Thu, 5 Nov · 10:00
Fri, 6 Nov · 10:00
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Questions

When does Our Colonial Heritage start and end?

Our Colonial Heritage runs Saturday, 31 October 2026, 10:00 until 17:00.

Where is Our Colonial Heritage?

Our Colonial Heritage takes place at Wereldmuseum Amsterdam, Linnaeusstraat 2, Amsterdam.

What is the exhibition about?

It looks at the Dutch colonial past and its ongoing impact.

It highlights resilience, creativity and resistance of colonized countries and peoples.

It uses hundreds of objects, photography, painting and visual art.

It also explores links between colonialism and inequality, exclusion and racism.

How do I book?

Use the registration page: museum.nl

Access is included with a museum entrance ticket.

A Museumkaart is valid.

Is access included?

Access is included with a museum entrance ticket.

A Museumkaart is valid.

Amsterdam

Getting there

Wereldmuseum Amsterdam, Linnaeusstraat 2, 1092 CK Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, NL

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