The collection of the Tropenmuseum in Amsterdam contains more than 300,000 objects and historical photographs. This website enables you to browse these collections and view the related documentation. The documentation has been subdivided in separate categories, being either Constituents, Events, exhibitions or literature.

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Images shown on the website may be ordered using an order form.
For museum professionals, the website may be consulted via the professional site, for which a password is required.

This website is best viewed with a screen width of 1024 pixels or more (Explorer, Mozilla, Safari).
Pop-ups must be permitted, Java Applet is required to view images.

The Tropenmuseum exclusively shows non-confidential information about its collections.
This website is updated weekly and expands with an average of 1000 items every month.

Questions en remarks concerning collections, orders and the database. E-mail tropenmuseum@kit.nl.