Against Opacity
The Rijksmuseum tells the story of 800 years of Dutch history to the present day. Its collection comprises one million art historical objects, including those with a relation to formerly colonised territories. The Rijksmuseum is aware of the question of the legitimacy of managing objects acquired in a colonial context. It considers cooperation with partners from countries of origin and the Colonial Heritage Consortium a priority. This dataset of object descriptions is compiled for the Colonial Heritage Consortium 'Against Opacity' (2024) programme. It currently includes objects from Indonesia, Sri Lanka, Suriname, Aruba, Curaçao, Sint Maarten, and the Caribbean Netherlands (Bonaire, St. Eustatius, and Saba). The goal is to expand the dataset with more objects from the other Dutch colonised territories and trading posts over time. For more information and to access the entire Rijksmuseum collection: https://www.rijksmuseum.nl/en/rijksstudio
- Publisher
- Rijksmuseum
- License
- CC0 1.0 Universal
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Registration
- Registered URL URL where the dataset is described.
- Registered on Date at which the URL was registered with the Dataset Register.
- November 10, 2025 at 11:35 AM
- Last read When the URL was last read by the Dataset Register.
- 22 hours ago
- Quality Rating Indicates how complete the dataset description is based on the metadata properties provided, such as title, description, license, and publisher.
- 65%Missing properties: dcterms:creatordcterms:createddcterms:modifieddcat:keyworddcterms:language