Colonial Collections Research Aids

On this page you can find various research aids that can assist you in doing (provenance) research on colonial collections. The research aids contain information about conducting research on objects that were acquired in a colonial context and which are currently part of museum collections in the Netherlands. Besides a brief description of the subject, the research aids provide specific research tips and references to relevant source material.

The Digital Research Aids are a project of the Colonial Collections Consortium. The research aids were created by researchers from the Expert Centre Restitution of the NIOD Institute for War, Holocaust and Genocide Studies.