Amsterdam Tropenmuseum opens new permanent exhibition about colonial legacy
NL TimesAmsterdam’s Tropenmuseum will open a new permanent exhibition on June 24 examining how colonialism shapes the world and highlighting people’s resilience in the face of colonial forces. In the research the Tropenmuseum conducted while putting the exhibition together, young people told the museum that they were aware of inequality in the world but didn’t know how to stand up against it, Brombacher said. However, Brombacher said the museum is trying to move away from its ethnographic roots in recent years to embrace a more “open view of the world.” “Around the world, people deal with the same topics,” Brombacher said. “And we try to show how people respond to certain questions or topics around the world, without an opinion of one being better than the other.” Now, the museum tries to work with contemporary artists to explore themes that affect people worldwide.
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