Our online archive is open again We were recently able to share remarkable news: the bridal couple in an iconic photograph from our collection has been identified. What was long an anonymous image has now been given names, a story and a place within history again. Collection and archive Column Moluccan history News
A voice on paper: 50 years of Moluccan magazines With the relaunch of Marinjo, a familiar voice returns to Moluccan Netherlands. That revival raises the question: which voices came before it? Collection and archive Moluccan community News
Collections accessible step by step With the help of heritage experts Ron Habiboe and Nanneke Wigard, Museum Maluku is working on making the collections accessible again. Together with our staff they are making sure that the rich holdings of photographs, objects, archives and books will soon be easy to find again. Collection and archive Language and heritage News
What you need to know about research, loans and requesting images at Museum Maluku Many people want to research family history, cultural heritage or historical objects. In this guide we answer frequently asked questions about research, loans and donations at Museum Maluku. Collection and archive Language and heritage Moluccan history News
Meet collection manager Esmée Manubulu! Meet Esmée Manubulu, our new collection manager at Museum Maluku. We talk with her about her professional background, her renewed connection with her Moluccan roots and what it means to her to work at Museum Maluku. Collection and archive News
Depot news, digitisation & donations Depot P31, the digitisation of archives, the photographic collection, incoming and outgoing loans and incoming donations. There is a great deal to report again about the Museum Maluku collection and collection management. Head of Collections Huib Akihary reports on P31 and two remarkable donations. For one last time… Collection and archive News
Museum Maluku unpacks: gifts that tell stories While we unpack stories in front of the camera in our new vodcast ‘Unboxing’, remarkable treasures keep coming into the museum outside the recordings too, in the form of unique gifts. Collection and archive News
International research on Moluccans in Dutch museum collections Since last February the research team from Museum Siwalima in Ambon has been working hard on their research into museum collections about Moluccans in the Netherlands! They tell us more about the goals of the research and their expectations for the future. Collaboration Collection and archive News
Moluccan heritage in sound and vision Collection management volunteers Yanise Zijlstra and Manouk Kipuw talk about the remarkable audiovisual collections of Museum Maluku. Collection and archive Language and heritage Moluccan community News
Collection update: from relocation to prospects Head of Collections Huib Akihary sums up the past year once more and looks ahead at what awaits us in 2024. Collection and archive News
Access to photographs closed The image bank of Museum Maluku is currently closed. This is connected with legal proceedings in which the museum has become involved. Collection and archive News
Zoomed in In her column ‘Zoomed in’, cultural anthropologist Esther de Graaf takes you into her work as a photographic collections officer at Museum Maluku: “Opening a new album full of photographs is like the beginning of a long journey”. Collection and archive News
