What can art and artists bring to researching the origins and biographies of objects? How do they shed new light on – or even unsettle – existing approaches to such questions?
On Monday, 14.07.2025, at 6 pm, we are pleased to present the Working Paper “Missionary Societies and Religious Orders in German Colonies and Their Contribution to Ethnographic Collections” by Jan Hüsgen
Legacies of colonialism in museum collections: The (un)making of Indonesian Islam in the Netherlands tells the untold story of Indonesian Islam in museums. Often overshadowed by Hindu-Buddhist art, Indonesian Islamic heritage rarely receives the attention it deserves in museum collections and exhibitions.
