The initiative must contribute to national awareness and cultural connection, according to the National Museum Commission, which gave an update on the plans last week in Amsterdam.
Suriname hopes to fund the museum in part with support from the Netherlands. After apologizing for the slavery past, the Dutch cabinet made 200 million euros available for (among other things) better awareness of slavery. Part of that amount has been reserved for the Caribbean.
Suriname wants to fill the display cases in part with objects currently still in the Netherlands, said committee chairman Rosaline Daan.
“In total, we have seen about thirty objects in Dutch museums that we would like to exhibit in the National Museum. Think of jewelry, headdresses and dolls.”
