Multiple communities
Indigenous, Maroon, Chinese, Javanese and Hindustani stories each call for their own sources and chronology. Follow one community in depth before drawing parallels.
Slavery and its legacy
Documents and personal objects connect colonial structures with lives. Note who created the source and how present-day descendants or researchers add to the presentation.
From Suriname to the Netherlands
Diaspora stories show displacement, a sense of home and cultural continuity. Choose one object whose function or meaning changed because it ended up in the Netherlands.
Before you go
Tuesday–Sunday 10.00–17.00; Monday only during some school holidays. The mezzanine and basement cannot be reached by lift.
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.
- Research card 0947 — Suriname Museum
Source reference supplied; independent source check still needed. Unverified reference from a supplied research card; content, authority and currency still to be checked independently.