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Gelderland · Culture & daily life

Tukar Menukar: paying doesn't have to work the same way

Museum Tukar Menukar in Doetinchem focuses on exchange and payment media from Indonesia and New Guinea. The private collection can only be visited by appointment.

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Value and use

With a means of payment, the material is not the only point of interest. Ask to have it explained in what situation an object was used and what significance the museum's explanation attaches to it.

Different contexts

The description mentions adat payments, plantation money, occupation money and camp money. These categories belong to different circumstances; keep them apart during your visit and ask about the context of individual pieces.

More than coins

Other objects, including wajang, are also mentioned as part of the collection. Ask which parts are currently on display if you are coming for a specific subject; not every object mentioned is necessarily on view.

Before you go

Make a specific appointment in advance and confirm how to get there. The limited visitor information does not list fixed days for casual walk-in visits.

Sources

This first edition has been compiled from collected museum information. Not all of the information has yet been confirmed by the museum. Viewing tips are by the editorial team. The sources used are listed below.

  1. Museum Tukar Menukar — source 1

    Source reference supplied; independent source check still needed. Unverified research card reference; model output is not a source of evidence. Content, authority, currency and independence require separate checking.

  2. Museum Tukar Menukar — source 2

    Source reference supplied; independent source check still needed. Unverified research card reference; model output is not a source of evidence. Content, authority, currency and independence require separate checking.

  3. Museum Tukar Menukar — source 3

    Source reference supplied; independent source check still needed. Unverified research card reference; model output is not a source of evidence. Content, authority, currency and independence require separate checking.

  4. Museum Tukar Menukar — source 4

    Source reference supplied; independent source check still needed. Unverified research card reference; model output is not a source of evidence. Content, authority, currency and independence require separate checking.

  5. Museum Tukar Menukar — source 5

    Source reference supplied; independent source check still needed. Unverified research card reference; model output is not a source of evidence. Content, authority, currency and independence require separate checking.

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