From exhibitions to visions of the future Director Henry Timisela takes you through all the highlights of 2024 so far and looks ahead to what the year still has in store. Exhibitions Nieuws
Greetings from Leiden: the forgotten language of Leti Aone van Engelenhoven, lecturer in South-East Asian Linguistics at Leiden University, is an expert in the unique and complex language Letinese. Read more about his passion for this language and how he shares it with his students. Language and heritage Nieuws
Greetings from Den Helder: a tribute to Moluccan maritime history On 21 March 2024 a remarkable monument honouring the history of the Moluccan navy personnel was unveiled in Den Helder. Rob Picauly, one of the initiators, tells us more about the road to the unveiling of the monument. Commemoration and monuments Moluccan history Nieuws
Greetings from Ridderkerk: iftar in the Moluccan mosque Together with Djannah Ollong we take part in the communal iftar at the Moluccan mosque ‘Bait Al-Rahmaan’ in Ridderkerk. Moluccan community Moluccan culture Nieuws
Greetings from Balk: update on the Wyldemerck archaeology project Head of Collections Huib Akihary gives an update on the quite exceptional Moluccan archaeology project Wyldemerck. Collection and archive Nieuws Wyldemerck
Greetings from Venlo: carnival with a Moluccan twist The Moluccan carnival association De Kwante Kaketoe from Venlo was given the honour of organising the boerenbruiloft, a long-standing tradition on the last day of the Venlo carnival. Moluccan culture Nieuws
Review of 2023 Museum director Henry Timisela looks back on the past year and glances ahead to the activities of 2024. Until the very last days of 2023 things were tense around the collection, but we managed it. How and what? Read it here. Collection and archive Nieuws
A time of growth and gratitude With the summer holidays approaching, it is a good moment to take stock and reflect on the past months. As a museum we have taken enormous steps and I am proud, as director, to be able to look back on a period full of progress. Nieuws
Review of 2022 In his review of the year, director Henry Timisela takes you through the highlights of Museum Maluku in 2022. How does he look back on the past year? Nieuws
Commuting between S10 and P23 A cryptic title for a blog, don't you think? In our offices we have recently been using these abbreviations for the 2 locations of Museum Maluku. S10 refers to Sophialaan 10 in The Hague, the site of Museum Sophiahof, where Museum Maluku has its office and where the exhibition ONS LAND can be visited. P23 refers to Piekstraat 23 in Rotterdam. Exhibitions Nieuws
We are here because you were there Director Henry Timisela shares his experience of the conversation with Prime Minister Mark Rutte and State Secretary for Health, Welfare and Sport Maarten van Ooijen at the Catshuis on 31 August 2022. Commemoration and monuments Nieuws
To the table! In this column, director Henry Timisela shares the thoughts that occupied him during his holiday: Maju Mundur, the Prime Minister's invitation and 2021 as a commemorative year. Commemoration and monuments Nieuws
