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Press releases

View the latest press releases from Museum Volkenkunde below. For press questions, please contact pers@wereldculturen.nl

Yuki Kihara, Moana Queer Taxonomy, 2026

Darwin in Paradise Camp: Yuki Kihara's first solo exhibition in the Netherlands

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Still of video Ceagganaddat

Sámi art exhibition on land, nature and activism

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Laura Osorio Sunnucks_photo Ana Blumenkron @blumenkron

Laura Osorio Sunnucks appointed Head of Research and Collections

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Benin Bronzes

Netherlands to return Benin Bronzes to Nigeria

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“The Death of James Lee Byars”, Biënnale van Venetië 2019 - Vanhaerents Art Collection

NEW EXHIBITION ANNOUNCED: ENCHANTED BY GOLD

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in schitterend licht

Celebration of African contemporary art

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Huisstijl

New name: Wereldmuseum

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Museum Volkenkunde

Colonial collections to be returned to Indonesia and Sri Lanka

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Korean Wave

Experience the Korean Wave at Museum Volkenkunde in Leiden

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