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Subcollections

The collection of Museum Maluku consists of various collections, archives and groups of material. Each subcollection has its own history, provenance and context.

Archive shelving with numbered and labelled boxes in the depot
Volunteer recording metadata during the installation of In Their Own Words

What is a subcollection?

A subcollection is a group of collection items that belong together. Sometimes because it involves the same type of material, photographs, objects, archival records. Sometimes because the material comes from one person, family or organisation and has been preserved as a whole.

In archival terms, that second type is called an archive, and the person or organisation that built it up the archive creator. Anyone looking through someone’s archive sees not loose items but a life or an organisation captured in documents: letters, reports, photographs, minutes. It is precisely the connection between those items that makes them meaningful.

Below are first the four main groups into which the collection is divided, and then a number of the archives the museum manages.

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Four groups together form the searchable collection. The numbers are the records currently online; the depot holds more.

Black and white photograph of a protest

15.299 records online

Image bank

Photographs and other visual material show people, places, events and daily life across different times and contexts. They show how stories, community and culture develop and are passed on. A large part of the image collection can be viewed online.

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Archive in Rotterdam

6.392 records online

Archive and inventory management

The archives themselves: who created them, which period they cover and how they are arranged. This is the layer where you see that separate items belong together.

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Archive boxes with documents from the collection

6.292 records online

Archival items

The individual items within those archives: letters, minutes, reports, cuttings and folders. Each item carries with it the archive it comes from.

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Kaos. Traditional Moluccan shoes for women. Worn at celebrations by the 'nona rok'.

1.232 records online

Objects

Museum artefacts: objects that carry stories about people, customs, memories and changing ways of life.

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By appointment

Library

Publications, books, periodicals and other sources. Not yet searchable online, but available to consult at Malib by appointment.

Featured subcollection

A 004 — S. Metiarij / GIM

The archive of Semuel Metiarij, minister and for many years a central figure in the Moluccan community in the Netherlands.

The archive consists of reports and correspondence from the Badan Persekutuan (until 1966) and the Badan Persatuan (from 1966 into the 1990s). It also contains items about the RMS struggle, covering activities both in the Netherlands and in the Moluccas. Furthermore, the archive largely consists of reports and correspondence about and with social and church organisations in the Netherlands. In addition, there are documents relating to the hostage-takings during the 1970s.

Description taken from the archive inventory of Museum Maluku.

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Archive creator
Semuel Metiarij Wikidata
Period
1917 – 2007
Archive code
A 004
Material
Reports, correspondence, documents

Archives in the collection

A number of the archives the museum manages, with the person or organisation that created them and the period they cover. Each archive opens a search query in the online collection.

  1. A 001 P.W. Lokollo 1964–1990
  2. A 002 E.G. Pattiheuwean 1951–1980
  3. A 004 S. Metiarij/GIM 1917–2007
  4. A 005 K. van Rijckevorsel 1923–1956
  5. A 006 S. Latul 1934–1984
  6. A 007 C. Verbeek 1955–1966
  7. A 008 U. Santi 1971–1980
  8. A 009 J.P. Nikijuluw 1950–1980
  9. A 011 Th.O. Kuhuwael 1946–1978
  10. A 012 J. Sinke 1951–1999
  11. A 013 J. A . Manusama 1950–1980
  12. A 014 K. Vigeleyn Nikijuluw 1946–1962
  13. A 015 BPRMS 1949–1979
  14. A 017 DDET 1934–1991
  15. A 018 J. Oudman 1950–1952
  16. A 019 CAZ 1950–1970
  17. A 020 Chr. R.S. Soumokil 1950–1966
  18. A 021 DDET /W.C. de Vries 1944–1991
  19. A 022 PPKM/D. Tuhusula 1953–1961
  20. A 023 PPKM 1950–1970
  21. A 036 J. Syatauw 1946–1972
  22. A 039 Toon van Oers 1978–1991
  23. A 045 SBO/LSEM 1979–1998
  24. A 046 J. Limaheluw 1982–2000
  25. A 047 F. Tetelepta 1960–1966
  26. A 048 P. Stoffels 1945–1955
  27. A 049 LKOMS 1977–1990
  28. A 052 Lunetten renovatie 1949–1991

The archives are still being further unlocked and indexed, so this overview is not complete. View all archives in the online collection

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Do you recognise people, places or stories within a subcollection? Knowledge from the community helps to document the collection further.

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For researchers and professionals

Research in the collection

Are you working on a research project, a publication, an exhibition or a teaching programme? There are various ways you can take things further with the collection.

Our physical archives are temporarily closed to research at the moment. Online research is still possible.