Tag: Leiden

Princess Margriet and her Collection of Inuit Art Nederland, Leiden, 10 maart 2017, tentoonstelling Canadese Inuit Kunst geopend door Prinses Margriet en Pieter van Vollenhoven Museum Volkenkunde in Leiden. Nationaal Museum van Wereldculturen NMVW / Rijksmuseum Volkenkunde Leiden cultuur / Buddha Foto; Peter Hilz /
Exhibitions, Travel

Princess Margriet and her Collection of Inuit Art

On 1 July 1867 – this year 150 years ago – the North American colonies of Great Britain were united. The four founding provinces officially became the Dominion of Canada. The Museum Volkenkunde (ethnology) in Leiden, The Netherlands, celebrates this with a special gallery exhibition about the Inuit: Canadese Inuit Kunst (Canadian Inuit Art), on […]

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Queens of the Nile
Exhibitions, Travel

Queens of the Nile

I was already interested in royalty when I discovered the Egyptian pharaohs. My parents had friends who had lived in Israel for some time and they had been visiting Egypt. Back in the Netherlands we sometimes visited them and I loved their photo albums and books, especially the ones about the pyramids in Egypt. At […]

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