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Dutch Doc Award:
Now in the Tropenmuseum

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The jury of the Dutch Doc Award chose a shortlist of six nominations in 2012 from a longlist of 38 projects. Until 10 June you can view these six nominees from the Dutch documentary photography in our Park Hall.
View the nominees

Culture Couture
Fashion in the Tropenmuseum

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Until 26 June young fashion talent from of Antwerp’s Academy of Fine Arts will showcase a selection of spectacular creations inspired by other cultures.
More about Culture Couture

Death Matters
in the Great Hall

Death matters

Discover in this exhibition how people around the world deal with death, saying goodbye, grieve and remember.
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Tropenmuseum Junior received the Children's Museum Award!

TMJ kung-fu

Yesterday, Tropenmuseum Junior received the Children's Museum Award! Jury: "the museum makes the children feel part of an exhibition".
More about Tropenmuseum Junior

In the spotlight: Emilie van Kerckhoff

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Emilie Kerckhoff traveled in the first half of the 20th century to among others India and Dutch East Indies and captured everything in sketchbooks with pencil drawings and water colours.
See the sketchbooks


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