Course: Provenance Research on Colonial Collections

Date: 6 November 2024; 26 November 2024
Time: 10.30 AM – 4 PM
Location: Leiden; Amersfoort
Organisation: ErfgoedAcademie
Audience: collection staff (curators, registrars) of museums and other collection managing institutions, employees of municipal or provincial authorities
Language: Dutch

About the course
Colonial collections differ widely, including how they were obtained. Collaborative research into the history of objects can shed light on their origins. Employees of museums and archives have an important task in conducting provenance research on these collections. This course ‘Provenance Research on Colonial Collections’, developed by the ErfgoedAcademie together with the Cultural Heritage Agency of the Netherlands, aims to support them in this task.

Why this course?

• Get a better understanding of the colonial history in relation to heritage, current policies and the responsibilities of various organisation in the Dutch heritage field.
• Practice various aspects of provenance research, applicable to your own museum organisation.
• Explore the dilemmas surrounding colonial collections.

The course will be held in Dutch.