Exhibition Archive
The World Explained
Artist Erick Beltrán collects personal theories in the Tropenmuseum
9 December 2011 to 15 April 2012
Kurkdjian & Co Photo Studio (1888-1936).
Idealised images of an idyllically beautiful East Indies
23 September 2011 to 8 January 2012
Soulscape Road
Black and white photography by Indonesian photographer Oscar Motuloh.
18 March 2011 to 20 November 2011
Betsabeé Romero, Cars & Traces
by Mexican artist Betsabeé Romero.
24 September 2010 to 6 March 2011
One Way to Holland
Photos by Leonard Freed, 1958-1962
18 June 2010 to 3 October 2010
Africa scores!
World Cup footbal spectacle in the Tropenmuseum and Tropentheatre
12 June 2010 to 22 August 2010
Long Live the President
Portrait cloths from Africa
2 April 2010 to 29 August 2010
Culture Couture
Culture CouturFashion in the Tropenmuseum
16 December 2009 to 16 May 2010
China's Qi
Jump into China! Exhibition of Tropenmuseum Junior
9 October 2009 to 4 March 2012
The Dono Code
The contemporary universe of artist Heri Dono
10 September 2009 to 28 February 2010
Greetings from. . .
Historical Postcards of Illnesses and Treatments
3 July 2009 to 29 November 2009
Wayang Superstar
The theatre world of Ki Enthus Susmono
30 January 2009 to 2 August 2009
The chocolate expedition
Photos by Frits Lemaire during an expedition through the Sahara
19 December 2008 to 14 June 2009
24 hours Indonesia
Visitors of the Tropenmuseum get a look in the daily life of contemporary Indonesia.
27 June 2008 to 16 November 2008
Hiphop Essentials
Hiphopfestival in het Tropenmuseum
23 May 2008 to 22 June 2008
Bisjpoles - Sculptures from the rainforest
Exhibition of bisjpoles from New Guinea
3 November 2007 to 13 April 2008
The spider Anansi
Exhibition of the world-famous spider Anansi
5 October 2007 to 13 January 2008
Maskdancers in Malawi
A striking series of portraits with the most revered spirits in the culture of the Chewa people, the largest ethnic group in Malawi.
7 June 2007 to 23 September 2007
Grande Sertao
A photo exhibition inspired by the work of the Brazilian author João Guimarães Rosa
1 June 2007 to 27 January 2008
Beauty and the Bead
From Madonna to the Masai
16 December 2006 to 13 May 2007
Bombay Star - Tropenmuseum Junior
Children discover Bombay in Amsterdam
28 September 2006 to 8 March 2009
Inside Iran
A Retrospective of Khosrow Hassanzadeh
22 September 2006 to 7 January 2007
Woven Worlds - Batak in the Picture
Historical pictures by Tassilo Adam
17 February 2006 to 14 May 2006
Dealing with the Gods
Rituals in Hinduism
17 December 2005 to 10 September 2006
Light & Darkness
The Surinam artist Leo Glans (1911-1980)
8 October 2005 to 8 January 2006
KIDS-AT-IRAN.NL
An exchangeproject between thirty children in Amsterdam
and thirty children in Teheran
30 June 2005 to 26 March 2006
African soldiers in the Dutch East Indies
The exhibition tells the story of the African Soldiers that served in the Dutch army in the Dutch East Indies during the 19th century.
13 May 2005 to 4 September 2005
Yogya silver, a New Javanese Art
This exposition shows beautiful examples of the so-called 'Yogya Silver'.
17 March 2005 to 8 January 2006
All about Evil
This exhibition tells the story of man’s struggle against evil down the centuries.
18 December 2004 to 11 September 2005
From Colony to Republic
Photo's by Cees Taillie
22 October 2004 to 17 April 2005
Indies portrait
Life and work from Charles Sayers
(1901-1943), painter and collector
15 October 2004 to 30 January 2005
Warwick Freeman - Jewellery
A jewel from Warwick Freeman is more than just a jewel;
every bracelet necklace or brooch tells its own story.
1 June 2004 to 3 October 2004
Congo in Cartoons
A history of Congo in 102 paintings by Tshibumba
14 May 2004 to 3 October 2004
NK Sparen
een landelijk evenement voor kinderen tussen 8 en 12 jaar die iets verzamelen
15 February 2004 to 25 April 2004
Urban Islam
Paramaribo · Marrakech · Dakar · Istanbul · Amsterdam
12 December 2003 to 12 September 2004
Charted with compass and machete
Tentoonstelling ter gelegenheid van het 130-jarig bestaan van het Koninklijk Nederlands Aardrijkskundig Genootschap.
30 October 2003 to 18 April 2004
Photographs by Augusta de Wit
New exhibition in the Gallery at the Tropenmuseum
4 October 2003 to 4 January 2004
Paradijs & Co.
Beleef Iran in anderhalf uur in Tropenmuseum Junior.
Speciaal voor kinderen.
20 September 2003 to 26 March 2006
Traces of the Slave Trade
Exhibition of photographs by Angèle Etoundi Essamba
13 June 2003 to 14 September 2003
Nederlands Kampioenschap Sparen
Wat doen Tweety en bierviltjes in het Tropenmuseum?
26 April 2003 to 22 June 2003
Old Baku
The paintings and drawings of Orkhan Huseynov from Baku, Azerbaijan
14 February 2003 to 4 May 2003
Photographs by Jamshid Bayrami
An exhibition of photographs depicting life in Iran
15 November 2002 to 26 January 2003
Group Portrait South Africa
Nine family histories.
4 October 2002 to 21 September 2003
I live in South Africa
An exhibition of photographs depicting the work of twelve South African children.
4 October 2002 to 30 March 2003
Womenlife
Photographs of women in Surinam (1902-1981)
11 April 2002 to 28 October 2002
Mancala a world game
Games form the Tropics
29 March 2002 to 8 September 2002
Warriors of the sky
Kites from around the world
15 March 2002 to 2 June 2002
Taaltrotters
A multimedia exhibition on multilingualism.
7 March 2002 to 20 May 2002
A trunk packed with memories
Sketches and stories of people living on the eastside of Amsterdam
20 January 2002 to 1 April 2002
Race to the snow
Photographs of the mountains of Carstenz.
4 October 2001 to 13 January 2002
Abstracte schilder/nkunst
An exhibition of sculptures
29 September 2001 to 3 March 2002
From goddess to pin-up
Women on Indian calendars.
24 May 2001 to 26 August 2001
Batik, Drawn with wax
200 years of textile art from Indonesia
11 April 2001 to 27 January 2002
Mysteries of the Palace
An exhibition on Asante culture in Ghana.
15 December 2000 to 2 March 2003
No Pay, no cure
Cheap medication are of vital importance.
24 November 2000 to 4 March 2001
Snap me one!
Studiophotographers from te second half of the twentieth century out of West and Eastern Africa
15 October 2000 to 28 February 2001
Come on dance with me
A project of the Amsterdam Fund for Art.
14 October 2000 to 14 January 2001
Christiaan Zwanikken
Een project van het Amsterdams Fonds voor de Kunst.
21 September 2000 to 14 January 2001
Rhythm, dance of time
Everything about rhythm at the Tropenmuseum
16 December 1999 to 14 January 2001
Indonesian Textiles
For Indonesians, the art of weaving, of interlacing warp and weft yarns, symbolises life
1 February 1998 to 1 July 2009
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