Multatuli Museum

Multatuli Museum
Multatuli Huis
Location within the city center of Amsterdam
Location Korsjespoortsteeg 200
Amsterdam, Netherlands
Coordinates 52°22′41″N 4°53′28″E / 52.378138°N 4.891155°E / 52.378138; 4.891155Coordinates: 52°22′41″N 4°53′28″E / 52.378138°N 4.891155°E / 52.378138; 4.891155
Type museum
Accreditation ICOM, Official Museums of Amsterdam
Director dr. Klaartje Groot
Website http://www.multatuli-museum.nl/home

The Multatuli Museum (also Multatuli House/Huis) is a 17th-century canal house in the Jordaan neighbourhood of Amsterdam, Netherlands. It is dedicated to Eduard Douwes Dekker (1820-1887), whose pen name was Multatuli. Multatuli is best known for his 1860 novel Max Havelaar, inspired by time spent in Indonesia while serving in the Dutch civil service.[1] Eduard Douwes Dekker was born in the Multatuli House and he died 67 years later in Ingelheim am Rhein, Germany on a red sofa that can be seen here to date.[2]

In 2013, the Multatuli House had 1176 visitors.[3] The museum organises regular temporary exhibitions about the writer as well as lectures, symposia and themed guided walks through Amsterdam.[4]

Collection

At the Multatuli House, one can see how Multatuli would have lived in the 19th century; his personal belongings still decorate the house.[5] These items include his globe, his desk, his library and the red couch on which he died.[6]

Elsewhere, more than 5000 of Multatuli's manuscripts are preserved in the Special Collections at the University of Amsterdam.[7]

References

  1. ↑ "Multatuli Huis". Fodor's. Fodor's. Retrieved 27 August 2015.
  2. ↑ "Het Amsterdam van Multatuli" (PDF). noord-holland.com. Noord-Holland. Retrieved 27 August 2015.
  3. ↑ "Jaarvergadering Multatuli Genootschap 1 maart 2014" (PDF). ANBI. Retrieved 27 August 2015.
  4. ↑ "Multatuli Huis". Stichting Open Monumentendag. Retrieved 27 August 2015.
  5. ↑ "Multatuli Museum". Ons Echte Goud. Museum Vereniging. Retrieved 27 August 2015.
  6. ↑ "Ons Echte Goud". Multatuli Museum. Museum Vereniging. Retrieved 27 August 2015.
  7. ↑ "Het Amsterdam van Multatuli" (PDF). Noord-Holland. Noord-Holland. Retrieved 27 August 2015.
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