Archival Museum Sources Rosalie Hans
The available archival material of the National Museum of World Cultures formed the starting point for this research. As the archival sources are referenced throughout this publication, we are detailing them with their abbreviations below.2
One institution, four museums The National Museum of World Cultures (NMVW) consists of three museums merged in 2014: Museum Volkenkunde (Leiden), Tropenmuseum (Amsterdam) and Afrika Museum (Berg en Dal). Each museum location has kept its name, but the three museums operate as one. In addition, the Wereldmuseum in Rotterdam has a collaborative partnership with the National Museum of World Cultures (NMVW) since 2017. The NMVW collections are national collections, owned by the Dutch 2
Due to the restrictions as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic, some archives could not be accessed in person.
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