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MANILA, Philippines — Hundreds of priceless, cultural artifacts looted during the Dutch colonization of Indonesia and Sri Lanka are finally on their way home. In a ceremony Monday at the Museum ...
In the national museum, a display shows the painstaking seven decade-long process to pursue artefacts, starting immediately after Indonesia's independence from Dutch rule in 1949. Over the decades ...
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A special exhibition at Indonesia's National Museum marks the return of precious jewels and statues looted by Dutch colonists, highlighting a significant moment in the country’s cultural history.
This Kings and Generals documentary covers the Dutch colonization of Indonesia—from the early trading ventures of the VOC to the violent military campaigns and treaties that cemented control.
JAKARTA: Hundreds of Indonesian artefacts that were in the Netherlands for more than a century - the bulk of which were looted by the Dutch ... display at Indonesia’s National Museum in Jakarta.
Two Dutch museums are handing back hundreds of cultural artefacts to Indonesia and Sri Lanka from a richly decorated cannon to precious metals and jewelry that were taken, often by force ...
Two Dutch museums are handing back hundreds of cultural artefacts to Indonesia and Sri Lanka that ... often brutal colonial histories. A Berlin museum announced in January it is ready to return ...
Looted statues, gems and jewels from Indonesia kept for over a century in former colonial ruler the Netherlands have arrived in Jakarta and are being catalogued at the city’s National Museum ...
Indonesia has asked the Netherlands to hand ... "Java Man" is the centrepiece of an important collection at the Naturalis museum in Leiden.
CLEVELAND, Ohio — Dutch merchants sailing back and forth to Indonesia in the 17th century ... The Cleveland Museum of Art just acquired an outstanding 17th-century Dutch nautilus cup for $1 ...