12 Oct 2024 – 16 Mar 2025
Exhibition 'Featured: colonial cabinet' in Paleis Het Loo
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Featured: colonial cabinet is the first In-focus exhibition at Paleis Het Loo, highlighting objects in the collection from multiple perspectives.
The exhibition features a cabinet from 1872 that belonged to King Willem III. Paleis Het Loo has been investigating traces of colonialism and slavery in its collection for several years. This cabinet is an example of that.
This exhibition considers the cabinet, which features two carvings of enslaved people, from various perspectives. Why did Willem III buy it? What does this cabinet have to do with slavery? What is the significance of the imagery? Why was the cabinet thought to be innocuous for so long? How has it changed over time?
Content warning: the cabinet may be experienced as shocking.
