The government of the Netherlands has agreed to put in place guidelines that could make it a global leader in restituting colonial-era objects. The guidelines follow recommendations in a report issued ...

Some are nostalgic for New York in the 1970s and others the ’80s, but how about the mid-1600s? The Brooklyn Historical Society is holding a workshop on how to teach daily life in Brooklyn’s Dutch ...

Interestingly, Dutch Colonial Revival style didn’t get its name directly from Holland or even Colonial architecture. Instead, it refers to the 17th-century Dutch colonists who settled in coastal New ...

Discover the vast expanse of the Dutch Colonial Empire, a formidable force in global history. From its origins in the 17th ...

A landmark exhibition on slavery in the Dutch colonial era that was first staged at Amsterdam's Rijksmuseum is going on display at the United Nations in New York. The show, titled "Slavery. Ten True ...

AMSTERDAM, June 16 (Reuters) - The Netherlands' House of Orange profited by around 3 million guilders, or $600 million in modern terms, from Dutch colonies in the 1675-1770 period, a study ...

THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — The Dutch king ruled out Thursday using, for now at least, the royal family's “Golden Carriage,” one side of which bears a painting that critics say glorifies the ...

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At the Netherlands’ national museum, describing the events in which Indonesia threw off Dutch colonial rule was never going to be easy. By Nina Siegal AMSTERDAM — When the Rijksmuseum decided to stage ...