#netherlandshistory — Public Fediverse posts
Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #netherlandshistory, aggregated by home.social.
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Monocle: How do you move the Dutch national photography collection? Frame by frame. “At 10.00 on a bright and bitterly cold November day, Monocle is in one of Rotterdam’s biggest harbourside warehouses. Outside, two removal vans begin unloading pallets full of some of the country’s most valuable works of photography. The Nederlands Fotomuseum – the national custodian of 6.5 million […]
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🇳🇱 How close are you to Dutch greatness?
This week’s #ConnectionCheckers features famous Dutch figures like Vincent van Gogh, Dick Bruna, Mata Hari, Anthony Fokker, MC Escher, and more!
Trace your connection and join the fun:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z6Qz9TsJ1Do&list=PLEqK4ICkQWXRVpB7mRZ9YVB9kYHGSt9Vh#GenealogyGame #DutchNotables #FamilyHistory #CollaborativeGenealogy #VincentVanGogh #MataHari #MCEScher #NetherlandsHistory
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National Library of the Netherlands, and machine-translated from Dutch: KB calls for more openness about heritage threats after incidents. “The KB national library has had to deal with several incidents in recent years that threatened the national library collection. In 2023, a small fire in a technical installation resulted in smoke development that affected parts of both the physical and […]
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Little Black Book: Bringing a Century of Dutch Media to Life. “In Hilversum, there’s an entire trove of Dutch television and radio history hidden in the digital archives of the Netherlands Institute for Sound & Vision (Beeld & Geluid). Now, an ambitious partnership is underway to unlock this nearly century-old audiovisual heritage for everyone. Triple, a digital agency that is part of the […]
https://rbfirehose.com/2025/03/24/little-black-book-bringing-a-century-of-dutch-media-to-life/
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Dutch News: National archive warns of mistakes in list of WWII collaborators. “The list of some 425,000 names has been public since last week, and demand for more information has been so high that no more appointments are currently being made for people who want to view the actual files. However, according to the Telegraaf, some of the names in the archives are actually those of Dutch Jews […]