Sharing Stories onContested Histories
Training programme in the Netherlands
for international museumprofessionals
2 - 14 December 2018

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Sharing Stories on Contested Histories:
A two-week training programme in the
Netherlands for international museum
professionals
2 - 14 December 2018
Copyright © 2018
Reinwardt Academy and Cultural Heritage
Agency of the Netherlands
Arjen Kok and Ruben Smit
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Table of contents

1. Word of welcome04

2. Introduction, goals and mission statement of programme06

3. 	Day to Day Programme – Sharing Stories on Contested Histories –2-14 December 201809

4. Mini-bios of lecturers and coaches

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5. Important logistical information

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Word of welcome
Dear fellow heritage professionals,
Welcome to the Netherlands and welcome to Amsterdam during our fresh andwindy autumn!
We are very happy to welcome you to our exciting training programme. We hope that
this programme will bring us together on a mutual journey of discovery and learningwith and from each other. Mutuality is the keyword here. This training course – which
was initiated by the Cultural Heritage Agency of the Netherlands – takes part within
the framework of the International Cultural Policy of the Netherlands initiated by the
Minister of Education, Culture and Science and the Minister of Foreign Affairs. From
this framework follows the Shared Cultural Heritage Programme, a national programme executed by the Cultural Heritage Agency of the Netherlands, the National
Archives, DutchCulture, and the Netherlands embassies in close collaboration withvarious organisations in the Netherlands and in Australia, Brazil, India, Indonesia, Japan,
Russia, Suriname, Sri Lanka, the United States and South Africa.

A shared history offers a shared future. How does the history of the Netherlands as aworld nation continue to influence Dutch society and our international relations? The
language we speak, the food we eat, the buildings that surround us and the stories
we pass on bear many traces of a history shared with other countries. Shared Cultural
Heritage can be both a pleasure and a burden. It is a pleasure because such a sharedpast binds us together, with curiosity and wonder, in the study of our common history.
However, it can be burdensome too, for much of that shared heritage is rooted in troubled and painful histories. Too often, inequality dictated the outcomes of written history
and cultural history. Up to the present-day, interactions are in many cases determined bya multi-layered texture of coloniality. Hence, there is a need to find new ways to discuss
this shared past. In this training, we will explore multiperspectivity, new ways of storytelling and empathy. Together we will search for opportunities to create practices thatenable us to share our responsibilities for cultural heritage on a just and respectful basis.

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We are honoured and pleased with our partners: Amsterdam Museum, Black Heritage
Tours, Imagine IC, the Mauritshuis, the National Archives, the Rijksmuseum, theTropenmuseum and West Den Haag. Without them, this programme would not beable to achieve the required depth nor enable the necessary connection to reality.
We are really looking forward to working together on this programme.

Arjen Kok (Senior Researcher at the Cultural Heritage Agency) and
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Introduction, goals and mission
statement of programme
Case studies offer a sense of reality
The training programme Sharing Stories on Contested Histories uses difficult and often
neglected aspects of heritage as a starting point. The Amsterdam Museum will act as aclient in this programme. Two permanent exhibitions - Amsterdam DNA and World –City - will constitute the training ground where we will set out our learning expedition.
More specifically, we will examine, discuss and rethink specific case studies selected
within these exhibitions. We will set up four mixed teams and with these teams we will
investigate the case studies. Lectures will offer frames for and modes of looking at theissue of difficult heritage. Workshops will enable an exploration and an active sharingof ideas. Fieldtrips to museums with behind-the-scenes discussions will introduce new
insights and concepts for working and dealing with sensitive topics within heritage.
Together we will hopefully be able to discover new paths. We see this programme as thefirst step towards a long-lasting relationship of working together and trying to find new
ways of interpretation and storytelling.

Multivocality and mutuality
When it comes to presenting shared pasts, heritage institutions in the Netherlands andelsewhere in the world have become increasingly aware of the need to become more
polyvocal, engaging, diverse, (self-)reflective and participatory. Inclusive, representativeand participatory modes of sharing cultural heritage and related histories add relevanceto our institutions and society at large. This awareness is resulting in an ethical reconsideration and changes regarding working practices of collecting, designing exhibitions
and setting-up learning programmes. It is, however, a work in progress, which will
highly benefit from exchanges between experts on an international level. Therefore, if
we want diverse, multivocal perspectives, if we want a new way of storytelling whichallows for multi-perspectivism, we should create the means to do so. Therefore, thisis not a traditional one-way training programme but rather a study trajectory basedon mutuality and reciprocity. It is a trip where we will all walk together and work in an
atmosphere of fraternal intervision.

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Problem statement
Originating from the Era of Enlightenment, most museums have long-established roots
in traditional top-down museum learning (education) strategies and one-way exhibiting(presentation) practices. Too often this leads to a single voiced, Grand Narrative way ofstorytelling. However, museums have developed rapidly in the last few decades. Current
societal developments in this ever-changing world demand that museums become
more polyvocal, more engaging, more diverse, more (self-)reflective, more participatory
and more empathetic in order to remain relevant. Inclusive, representative and participatory ways of sharing cultural heritage and related histories have been successfully
tested but are not yet a common practice. The inertia of institutionalised structures andworking methods is often hidden. To subtly deconstruct underlying power structures issometimes needed. Can new concepts of storytelling and communicating about cultural
heritage be found? Is there an open and multi-perspective manner to bring about thestory? Multi-perspectivism seems necessary to do justice to complex disputed histories.
Can museums and heritage institutions take a socially relevant role in this? Can we – inthis polarising world – become the needed safe places? Places where discussions anddebates can take place in an open and non-toxic way? In other words, can we become
essential 'contact zones'?

Mission: Respect and open-mindedness as the basis for working together
The nature of the subject matter of this training programme is sensitive and, in mostoccasions, disputed and contested. In such cases, fresh interpretation strategies areneeded. There is no simple recipe for creating the right solutions. This programme istherefore a joint effort to work together and to find new ways and strategies for suchpossible solutions. Hence, this training needs to be based on mutuality. During these
two weeks, we will become a Community of Practice. This means per definition that wewill all be simultaneously students and teachers, that we will share knowledge with eachother, and that we need to operate on a level playing field. To be really successful weneed to work with trust and mutuality. Real learning only occurs when one feels trusted,
respected and understood.
Sharing reflections on and knowledge of contested histories in an inclusive andopen-minded way might lead to new transnational dialogues and new perspectives.
Therefore, we must set some basic rules that we will apply in the coming weeks. Thiswe will do together before we actually start our training programme.

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About the two organisations:Cultural Heritage Agency of the Netherlands
The Cultural Heritage Agency of the Netherlands helps other parties get the best out of
our heritage. It is closely involved in listing, preserving, sustainable development andproviding access to the most valuable heritage in the Netherlands. The Cultural Heritage
Agency is the link between policymakers, academics and practitioners. They provide
advice, knowledge and information, and perform certain statutory duties that havebeen assigned to them.
The Cultural Heritage Agency is at the heart of heritage management in the Netherlands.
On an international level the Agency is endeavouring to create favourable conditions forthe sustainable conservation of shared heritage in ever-changing societies. The Shared
Cultural Heritage Programme promotes international cooperation and the exchange ofknowledge.

Reinwardt Academy
The Reinwardt Academy, faculty of the Amsterdam University of the Arts, is the soleschool in the Netherlands offering a Bachelor’s programme in Cultural Heritage. The
Academy also offers an International Master of Museology. This course is intended for
those who aspire to a policy function and to working in an international environment in
the field of cultural heritage and museums. Museology is more than just museum studies. Our Master’s programme provides graduates with broad theoretical knowledge andhelps them develop an academic approach to museology combined with useful professional skills. It gives students the depth of knowledge they need, to play a leading rolein formulating out-of-the-box policies based on sound ethics. The Master of Museology
offers the opportunity to reflect deeply on and experiment with new visions of heritageand its role in society. It focuses heavily on future developments and new approaches,
and it places collections and museums in the wider heritage and socio-political context.

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Day to Day Programme 2-14 December

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Sharing Stories on Contested­Histories
Legend: JB = Joke Bosch, TM = Theo Meereboer, DK = Daniëlle Kuijten, AK = Arjen Kok, RS = Ruben
Smit, IV = Iris Volkers, RW = Rianne Walet
NB: addresses of all training locations can be found under ‘Addresses training locations’ on page 34

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Sat 1/12
Airporttime programme

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Arrival of trainees, pick up by Reinwardt Academy
representatives

Reinwardt
Academyrepresentatives

Arrival of trainees, pick up by Reinwardt Academy
representatives

Reinwardt
Academyrepresentatives

Sun 2/12
AirportHotel

Meetingroom 2 in
Hotel

Check in at the Student Hotel Amsterdam City (Wibautstraat
129, 1091 GL, Amsterdam https://www.thestudenthotel.com/
amsterdam-city/ ) and rest
16.00 Registration

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16.30 Meet and greet, Ice-breakers and setting up teams and teambuilding session
19.00 Dinner at nearby Moroccan Restaurant
20.30 EndMon 3/12
Hotel
Reinwardt
Academy,Reinwardt
CaféReinwardt
Academyroom 3.05

7.30 Breakfast
9.00 Pick-up from hotel
9.30 Coffee/tea welcome by Nel van Dijk (Director Reinwardt
Academy https://www.reinwardt.ahk.nl/en/ ) and Susan
Lammers (General Director Cultural Heritage Agency)
https://culturalheritageagency.nl/en)
10.00 Start-up of programme ‘setting the stage’ and meeting coaches

JB
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11.15 Break
11.30 Presentation of acting client Amsterdam Museum
https://www.amsterdammuseum.nl/en. Senior staff members
Annemarie de Wildt (Curator Amsterdam Museum) and Mirjam
Sneeuwloper (Educator Amsterdam Museum) will offer somereal dilemmas based on two of the Amsterdam Museum permanent exhibitions:
Amsterdam DNA
https://www.amsterdammuseum.nl/en/exhibitions/amsterdam-dna
In the space of an hour, the Amsterdam DNA tour gives an
overview of the history of Amsterdam. Based on the four corevalues of entrepreneurship, free thinking, citizenship and creativity, and divided into seven periods, you will learn all about
this city's fascinating story.
World –City
https://www.amsterdammuseum.nl/en/exhibitions/world-city-0.

Reinwardt
Academy,Reinwardt
CaféTram/WalkThis exhibition examines the interaction between Amsterdam
and the world. How has Amsterdam gained such a prominentplace on the world map? Who comes here? Who leaves? What
was Amsterdam’s position in the world? What is it today?
Tolerant, rapacious, religious, indifferent? A bit of everything,perhaps, or does that depend? World - City offers answers andit poses questions. How do – and the world see each other?
How did they see each other? And what do you think? These
exhibitions will be our starting point for this two-week training programme. Four mixed teams will visit, think, revisit
and rethink a selection of displays with relevant cases fromthe exhibitions and will (try to) come up with new multivocal
interpretations.
12.10 Checking clients brief with Q&A
12.30 Lunch

13.30 Walk or take tram to Amsterdam Museum

Amsterdam 14.00 Visit the Amsterdam Museum galleries Amsterdam DNA
Museumhttps://www.amsterdammuseum.nl/en/exhibitions/amsterdam-dna and Amsterdam World City https://www.amsterdammuseum.nl/en/exhibitions/world-city-0
In four teams, we will be exploring the client’s dilemmas
16.00 Summing up and checking with clients Mirjam Sneeuwloperand Annemarie de Wildt
17.00 End18.00 Arrival at hotel and dinner on your own

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Academyroom 3.05

7.30
9.30

Breakfast and bring good walking shoes
Walk in with coffee/tea

10.00 Outline of the day
10.15 1st round of poster presentations offering dilemmas in market
of ideas
11.15 Break
11.30 Lecture by Paul Ariese (Senior Lecturer Exhibition Development)
Narrative storytelling in exhibitions
We will explore exhibition strategies that respond to the call formeaningful museum experiences. The focus will be on developing and designing narrative spaces. Traditionally, the story
is considered an effective way to make sense of the complex
world around us. In a narrative exhibition, story is turned into
space and space becomes filled with meaning (ideas, facts,
emotions). The narrative approach requires an understandingof storytelling techniques and theatrical principles; exhibition
scenography involves all senses and deals with notions suchas metaphors and tension curves. In this context, multimedia
techniques allow for a layering of information, the inclusion ofmultiple voices and perspectives, and enable fully immersive
experiences. Curators and designers should cooperate closely,
anticipating every aspect of the visitor experience.
Meanwhile visitors take on an active role themselves in the processes of interpretation and meaning making.
In exploring the inherent complexities of narrative exhibitions,the lecture will combine creative thinking and critical reflection.
Please read:• Hourston Hanks, L., Hale, J., MacLeod, S., ‘Introduction:
Museum making: the place of narrative’, in: Suzanne MacLeod
et.al. (eds.), Museum Making – Narratives, Architectures,
Exhibitions. Oxford: Routledge, 2012, xix-xxiii
Reinwardt
Academy,Reinwardt
Café
Tram

12.15 Q&A
12.30 Lunch

13.30 Create two teams for Black Heritage Tours http://www.blackheritagetours.com/tour-amsterdam.html and leave
Dam Square 14.00 The Black Heritage TourStart walking tour and canal-boat-trip including visit to Black
National
Archives Visiting Amsterdam from the canals is the best way
Monument
to experience this historic city. The tour begins in the heart of
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time programmenificant landmarks, while exploring the African legacies of thepast and different aspects of Dutch culture. After a brief introduction, the tour begins with a walk around the Dam Square
area before boarding our boat. During the tour, you will learn
about 'Black communities' of men, women and children that
lived in Amsterdam as early as the 16th century, alongside thehistory of the wealthiest merchants who were directors of the
WIC (West India Company) or the VOC (United Dutch East India
Company), shareholders or owners of plantations in the Dutchcolonies. Near the end, we will also visit The Black Archives
http://www.theblackarchives.nl/home.html.
The Black Archives is a unique historical archive for inspiring
conversations, activities and literature from Black and otherperspectives that are often overlooked elsewhere.
Managed by the New Urban Collective, it documents the history of black emancipation movements and individuals in the
Netherlands.
The Black Archives consists of unique book collections, archives
and artefacts that constitute the legacy of Black Dutch writersand scientists. The approximately 3000 books in the collections
focus on topics such as racism and race issues, slavery and (the)colonisation, gender and feminism, social sciences and development, Suriname, the Netherlands Antilles, South America,
Africa and more.
As a result, the Black Archives provides book collections andliterature which have been little (or not) discussed in schools
and universities. The collections are intended as a starting
point, which can further grow through gifts and collaborations
with others. In this way, Black literature, knowledge and information is made accessible for research.

Dutch
CultureEnding at DutchCulture https://dutchculture.nl/en
DutchCulture is the network and knowledge organisation in
the Netherlands for international cultural cooperation. It is thepoint of contact for the cultural sector in the Netherlands andDutch diplomatic posts abroad. DutchCulture wants to help all
those who harbour international ambitions, from individual
artists to renowned organisations, and who work in the cultural
field, so that they can get at least one step closer to the international stage.
Reception with Cees de Graaff (Director – DutchCulture)
and Anouk Fienieg (Head of International Cultural Policy &Coordination – DutchCulture)
18.00 Light dinner
20.30 Arrival at hotel

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Hotel

7.30

Breakfast

Tram

9.30
9.55

Tram to Tropenmuseum https://www.tropenmuseum.nl/en
Ready to enter the museum

Tropenmuseum

The Tropenmuseum is a museum of world cultures, housed in one of the most impressive museum buildings in the
Netherlands. The extensive permanent display and regularlychanging exhibitions feature objects that have a story to tell
about humankind. These are stories about universal humanthemes like mourning, celebration, ornamentation, prayer, conflict. Visit the Tropenmuseum and discover that, despite culturaldifferences, we are all essentially the same.
We will visit the museum for their semi-permanent exhibition
Afterlives of Slavery. In Afterlives of Slavery visitors are confronted with today’s legacies of slavery and colonialism in the
Netherlands. To initiate a sometimes difficult but productive
dialogue, the Tropenmuseum has sought out personal stories
from past and present that bring the history of slavery and its
current-day legacies up close. The objects on display from theTropenmuseum’s collection – tangible relics of the history ofslavery – serve to intensify the experience. In collaboration with
scientists, activists and artists, Afterlives of slavery developed ahistory of slavery: an exhibition with a discussion platform thatplaces the stories of the enslaved and their descendants centre
stage.
10.00 The programme at the Tropenmuseum will start with a word of
welcome and introduction to the museum, by Prof. Dr. Wayne
Modest (Head of the Research Centre for Material Culture of
the National Museums of World Cultures). This introduction will
include a brief retrospection (what was this museum originallyabout?) and a reflection on the present and future (what is thecurrent and new course the museum is setting?).
Two other staff members will join too:Richard Kofi (Exhibition Maker National Museums of World
Cultures) and Lisa Kleeven (Senior Educator National Museumsof World Cultures) will provide an introduction to the museum’s
current course of renewal.
10.45 Visiting the exhibition Afterlives of Slavery https://www.tropenmuseum.nl/en/whats-on/exhibitions/afterlives-slavery
with Richard Kofi and Lisa Kleeven and representatives of theDecolonize the Museum Collective.
12.15 Rounding up

Tram

12.30 Tram to Reinwardt Academy

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Reinwardt
Academy,Reinwardt
CaféReinwardt
Academyroom 3.05

12.45 Lunch

Staff

13.45 2nd round of poster presentations offering dilemmas in market
of ideas14.45 Short break
15.00 Lecture by Ruben Smit – Senior Lecturer Interpretation &Learning
Educational purpose and social action of museums
Education and learning are at the heart of the museum.
However, museums are not neutral; amongst many otherfactors, they are tied to their own founding history and areembedded in a cultural, social, economic and political landscape with various stakeholders. Yet, museums too, have forlong been seen as trustworthy places and safe havens where
people can meet, openly discuss and exchange ideas. George
Hein - the longstanding American museologist – offers,
through his model, various routes to bring about the museum’s
narrative.
In this lecture, we will explore the open minded, reflective andself-directed learning mode of constructivism as a tool forinterpretation. Moreover, there is the moral claim that museum education should be used for cultural and social action.
Which paths are already laid-out and which new ways can be
explored?
Please read:George E. Hein, 'The Role of Museums in Society: Education andSocial Action' in: Curator - The Museum Journal, (Wiley Online
Library, 15-1-2010) p. 357-363
16.00 Rounding up
16.30 Arrival at hotel and dinner on your own

Thu 6/12
Hotel
Tram

7.30
8.30

BreakfastRS
Leaving for Rijksmuseum
https://www.rijksmuseum.nl/en
Located at the heart of Amsterdam's Museum Square,
the Rijksmuseum - which is the National Museum of theNetherlands - is one of the world’s most renowned art andhistory museums and a true must-see. The museum has thefollowing mission:‘At the Rijksmuseum, art and history take on new meaning for abroad-based, contemporary national and international audience. As a national institute, the Rijksmuseum offers a >>>Cultural Heritage Training Programme | Sharing Stories on Contested Histories

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representative overview of Dutch art and history from theMiddle Ages onwards, and of major aspects of European andAsian art. The Rijksmuseum keeps, manages, conserves, restores, researches, prepares, collects, publishes, and presents
artistic and historical objects, both on its own premises andelsewhere.’

Rijksmuseum

The curatorial team of the Department of History is currently
preparing Slavery, an exhibition (25-09 2020 to 17-01-2021).
This exhibition testifies to the fact that slavery is an integral
part of Dutch history, and not a dark page that can simply beturned and forgotten about. And that history is more recent
than many people realize: going back just four or five generations you will find enslaved people and their enslavers.
For the very first time, in 2020 the Rijksmuseum will hold an
exhibition devoted entirely to this subject. Slavery is found inmany cultures, places and times, but this exhibition focuses onslavery during the Dutch colonial period, spanning from the17th to the 19th centuries. See: https://www.rijksmuseum.nl/en/
slavery-an-exhibition
9.00 Entering Rijksmuseum and quick tour of the Gallery of Honour (RW) / IV
JB/AK/DK/
TM/RS
09.30 Welcome and start visit of two specific exhibitions where wewill look at and discuss certain displays within the context of
the Dutch colonial past with Martine Gosselink (Head of the
Department of History) and Eveline Sint Nicolaas (Curator ofHistory and head of the curatorial team of the 2020 exhibitionon the legacy of slavery).
We will split into two groups. We will visit two permanent
exhibitions.
09.35 Martine Gosselink with group 1 to the exhibition on 17th
Century Netherlands Overseas and Eveline Sint Nicolaas withgroup 2 to the exhibition on 19th Century Surinam.
10.15 Martine Gosselink with group 2 to the exhibition on 17th
Century Netherlands Overseas and Eveline Sint Nicolaas withgroup 1 to the exhibition on 19th Century Surinam.
10.55 End
11.00 Recap and discussion about the Rijksmuseum’s future projects,
such as the exhibition on the legacy of slavery with Eveline
Sint Nicolaas and dr. Valika Smeulders (Curator of History
Rijksmuseum and KITLV Researcher).
11.45 Continue visiting and discussing key exhibitions in relation to
the subject matter, while Also making use of the Rijksmuseum
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download this tour on your device:
GooglePlay: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=nl.
rijksmuseum.mmt&hl=en
App Store: https://itunes.apple.com/gb/app/rijksmuseum/id621307961
Tram
Reinwardt
Academy,Reinwardt
CaféReinwardt
Academyroom 3.05

12.45 Programme ends
13.15 Lunch

14.15 Lecture by Marjelle van Hoorn - Lecturer Audience
Development
Empathy and Affect in the Museum
The concept of empathy is more often addressed in connection
with visiting museums and reading literature.
What does it mean when you become deeply involved withother people by reading or learning about their lives? Is this away to achieve a deeper understanding of the world around
you and to make different choices? There is even an Empathy
Museum, developed by Roman Krznaric. This is a small
example of the types of civically-engaged, human-centred
practices that have been instituted in an effort to expand therole that museums serve in building empathy and human connection within our communities.
Please read:• Roman Krznaric, Empathy - Why it Matters and how to get it,(Riderbooks, 2015), ‘Introduction’ p.IX-XXX and ‘The Future of
Empathy’ p. 203-214
15.00 Q&A
15.15 Break
15.30 3rd round of poster presentations offering dilemmas in market
of ideas16.30 Rounding up
17.00 End17.30 Arrival at hotel and dinner on your own

Fri 7/12
Hotel
Reinwardt
Academyroom 3.05

7.30
9.30

Breakfast
Walk in with coffee/tea

10.00 Looking back at yesterday and outline of the day
10.15 4th round of poster presentations offering dilemmas in market
of ideas

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11.15 Break
11.30 Lecture by Mirjam Shatanawi – Lecturer Cultural Heritage andMuseology
Representing The Other – the Politics of Display
Global political events have pushed Islam to the centre stagein European museums. Since 9/11 there has been a substantial
increase in exhibitions featuring Islamic art, the Muslim world
and the Middle East. For museums in Western Europe, thepresentation of Islam-related topics is closely related to thedomestic issues of migration and multiculturalism, prompting
museums to redefine their social role. Since the question ofMuslim migration lies at the heart of Europe’s identity crisis,
museums aspiring to engage a subject as complex and contested as ‘Islam’, enter, by definition, a conflict-ridden terrain.
This lecture will investigate the complex relationships between
audience, communities and public debate as well as the relevance of a community-based approach for museums intending
to reflect the cultural diversity of European societies.
Please read:• Mirjam Shatanawi, ‘Engaging Islam: working with Muslim
communities in a multicultural society.’ Curator. The museum
journal, 55 (1), 2012. P. 65-79• Sumaya Kassim, ‘The Museum Will not be Decolonised’a Blog in Media Diversified (15 November 2017)see: https://mediadiversified.org/2017/11/15/
the-museum-will-not-be-decolonised/12.15 Q&A
12.30 Lunch

13.30 Leaving for Amsterdam Museum, revisiting the exhibition andsharing ideas for reinterpretation
Amsterdam 14.00 In teams, meet museum staff again
Museum16.30 Rounding up of the week, looking forward to the weekend andnext week
Tram
17.00 Arrival at hotel and dinner on your own
Sat 8/12
Sun 9/12
Mon 10/12
Hotel
Metro

7.30
8.30

Breakfast
JB, RS
Leaving for Imagine IC http://www.imagineic.nl/english
and short neighbourhood walk through this new part of
Amsterdam. Imagine IC documents, presents and discusses
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intention to complement the heritage of the city and the country. In today's Amsterdam, there is a growing number of people
who seem to live in their own bubbles. What was obvious yesterday may no longer be obvious today. Living together inevitably leads to friction. At the same time, a new daily life arises
offline and online. By means of participatory heritage work,
Imagine IC aims to document and improve today's social relations . This is done by enabling negotiations between people
with highly divergent backgrounds, who through identifying
and discussing the heritage of their time, gain insight into otherpeople's positions and ambitions (empathy).
RW/ IV
9.30 Reception and welcome by Marlous Willemsen (Director
JB/AK/ TM/
Imagine IC) and team, and Hester Dibbits (Course Director
RS
International Master of Museology and endowed professor
Historical Culture and Education at the Erasmus School ofHistory, Culture and Education).
10.00 Workshop Emotion Networking by Daniele Kuijten (Co-Curator)and Eline Minnaar-Kuyper (Educator)
12.00 Q&A
12.15 Lunch
13.15 Lecture by Prof. Dr. Hester Dibbits - Professor of Cultural
Heritage at the Reinwardt Academy
Emotions, networks and the making of heritage
Emotion networking introduces a new view of heritage as anact of negotiation between people, i.e. between individuals
with varying interests and feelings regarding the things thatare of crucial importance in their lives and in the lives of otherpeople. This lecture offers the theoretical context for thisapproach. We will discuss the relationship between emotions
and heritage, and we will discuss how the idea of the network can be helpful not only for acknowledging different andshifting positions towards an item of heritage, but also forforegrounding connectivity and interdependency. Envisaging
heritage as a networking exercise invites participants to better recognize different positions and kinds of relationships(including our own, as ‘professionals’). It encourages heritage
workers to involve, or get involved in, ever new nodes and to
discover and produce multiple ties.
Please read:• Cajune Calmez, ‘Emotion networking - what, how and why. Aninterview with the conceivers, Marlous Willemsen and Hester
Dibbits’ http://www.imagineic.nl/sites/default/files/files/IIC_• Jasmijn Rana, M. Willemsen & H. C. Dibbits, ‘Moved by thetears of others: emotion networking in the heritage sphere’,
International Journal of Heritage Studies (2017)14.00 Reflection and Q&A
14.15 Leaving for Amsterdam Museum

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Amsterdam 15.00 Revisiting the World - City exhibition in the Amsterdam
MuseumMuseum16.45 Wrapping up
17.00 End17.30 Arrival at hotel and dinner on your own
Tue 11/12
Hotel
7.30
8.30
CentralStationAmsterdam
Platform 2
9.42

Breakfast
meeting on platform 2
Leaving (departure train = 8.49 AM) for The Hague Central
StationFemke/IV

Arrival at The Hague Central Station

RW/AK/ IV
10.00 National Archives
Reception and welcome by staff of National Archives
https://www.nationaalarchief.nl/en
From their website: ‘We are the National Archives. Here, youfind the answers to questions about your own life, our history
and our society. You can gain insight into how events of thenear and distant past influence our lives today. We help you togain new insights by keeping stories alive. By giving you eternal access to our national memory. Because we believe thateveryone should be able to find out what has been said anddone. The whole story. That is why we inspire and encourage
the government to collect and manage their data in a smart andsustainable manner. We use spec ialist knowledge and inventive
technology to integrate all data into the National Archives. Not
only today, but also tomorrow and in the distant future.
The rich collection of the National Archives of the Netherlands
consists of 137 km of documents, 15 million photographs andnearly 300,000 historical maps and drawings and 800 terabyteof digital files. The National Archives are accessible to everyone
who wants to do research. We organize exhibitions, educational programs and a cultural programme.’
10.00 Visiting and discussion on strategies and future plans
12.00 Q&A and reflection
12.30 Lunch at the Royal Academy of Art
The
13.30 Walk to Parliament and the Mauritshuis
Mauritshuis
https://www.mauritshuis.nl/en/
The Mauritshuis is home to some the finest Dutch paintingsfrom the Golden Age. The compact, yet world-renowned collection, is situated in the heart of The Hague. Masterpieces suchas Vermeer's Girl with a Pearl Earring, The Anatomy Lesson of
Dr. Nicolaes Tulp by Rembrandt, The Goldfinch by Fabritius and
The Bull by Potter are on permanent display in the intimate
museum rooms of this 17th century monument.
Mauritshuis Tour:https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/mauritshuis/id888268387 >>>National
Archives

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Tue 11/12

West
Den Haagtime programme

Staff

Or
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=air.
nl.kissthefrog.MauritshuisMMT&hl=en_EN
RW/AK
14.00 The Mauritshuis’s curators Quentin Buvelot and Lea van derVinde and intern Carolina Pereira de Queiroz Monteiro will
present and discuss multi-perspectivism at the Mauritshuis.
Quentin Buvelot, Senior Curator, Mauritshuis: Shifting Image:Highlights from the Mauritshuis Collection.
Lea van der Vinde, Curator, Mauritshuis: Shifting Image:In Search of Johan Maurits.
Carolina Pereira de Queiroz Monteiro, Intern, Mauritshuis:
The Mythification of Johan Maurits and Dutch Brazil(see https://www.mauritshuis.nl/en/discover/ exhibitions/upcoming/ and https://www.mauritshuis.nl/en/discover/mauritshuis/sla very/ for general background information on the topic )15.00 Visit the permanent display of the Mauritshuis. Quentin
Buvelot, Lea van der Vinde and Carolina Pereira de Queiroz
Monteiro will be available for questions.
Walk to West – Huis Huguetan
http://www.westdenhaag.nl
Visit exhibition All Power to the People.
http://www.westdenhaag.nl/exhibitions/18_09_Black_PantherWelcome and discussion with director M­ arie-José Sondeijker
As the Minister of Culture for the Black Panther Party, Emory
Douglas became responsible for all the graphic and visualdesign. His iconic works are a symbol of the Afro-American
situation during the 60s and 70s in the United States, and thestruggle for change. The party was fully aware of the fact thatvisual culture is of major importance for the transmission ofpolitical messages. Their battle cry ‘All power to the People!’
did not lose its strength and is actually still in full force.

Train
Metro

17.47 Train to Amsterdam from The Hague Central Station at
platform 9
19.00 Arrival at hotel and dinner on your own

Wed 12/12
Hotel
Reinwardt
Academyroom 3.05

7.30
9.30

Breakfast
Walk in with coffee/tea

10.00 Lecture by Arjen Kok‘We are what we keep’
Collections are often thought to be an objective and neutral
result of the passing of time, a residue of society that remains
after all hypes and other follies have blown over. They are >>>JB/AK/TM/RS

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Reinwardt
Academy,Reinwardt
CaféReinwardt
Academyroom 3.05

Reinwardt
Academy,Reinwardt
Cafétime programme

Staffnot. Collections are the product of a personal selection process
and reflect the perspective of the collector, whether private or
public. In most cases, that is the ruling elite. Even though public
collections are presented as the national treasure, they are created by a highly subjective and one-sided approach to reality. In
many cases, they are the expression of the powers that glorify
their ideas and actions. It means that museums have a major
responsibility towards the people they represent, to show them
who and what is missing from the collections, how oblique theview is that they offer, and that some serious repair work may
need to be done.
Please read:• Terry Cook, ‘We are what we keep; we keep what we are’:archival appraisal in past present and future. Journal of theSociety of Archivists, 32:2, 173-189
10.45 Q&A
11.00 Short break
11.15 Looking forward by Looking Back – Lessons learned by the four
teams (brainstorm session and mind map)
12.30 Lunch(RW)
JB/TM/RS/ IV
13.30 Teams start working on final assignment

16.30 Introduction to the International Reinwardt Academy’s Masterof Museology by Menno Welling MA (Course Coordinator)
17.00 MA students share their stories
17.30 Drinks with MA students and participants

18.30 EndHotel
19.00 Arrival at hotel and dinner on your own
Thurs 13/12
Hotel
Reinwardt
Academyroom 3.05

Reinwardt
Academy,Reinwardt
Café

7.30
9.30

Breakfast
Walk in with coffee/tea

10.00 Looking back at yesterday and outline of the day
10.15 Teams continue working on final assignment
12.30 Lunch

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placetime programmeThurs 13/12
13.30 Carrousel of ideas and tips from fellow
lecturers / trainers
Teams can present their initial ideas and plans
15.00 Teams continue working on final assignment

Staff(RW)/JB/
AK/TM/RS
RW/ JB/AK/
TM/RS

17.30 Wrapping up
18.15 Arrival at hotel and dinner on your own
Fri 14/12
Hotel
7.30 Breakfast
Amsterdam 9.00 Service door Amsterdam Museum
RW/TM/RS
Museum(Nieuwezijds Voorburgwal 359)
09.15 Teams prepare their presentations
TM/RS
RW/TM/
10.00 Teams present their presentations to client and invitees
RS/ selec10.00 team 1
ted invi10.30 team 2
tees from11.00 team 3
inside11.30 team 4
The teams can present their ideas in the museum’s auditorium
or in the exhibition spaces. Please bear in mind that whenoffering the presentation in the museum’s galleries, thepresentation must also be accessible to visitors!
12.00 Concluding remarks, Certificates & Congratulations
Tram
12.30
13.00 Lunch at the cafeteria of the Atelier Building, which is a centre
Atelier
for restoration and conservation, scholarly endeavour, research
Building
and training. The Atelier Building is the setting in which the-Cultural
Rijksmuseum, the Cultural Heritage Agency of the Netherlands
Heritageand the University of Amsterdam combine their expertise in the
Agencyfield of the restoration and conservation of art objects.

Tram
Restaurant

14.30 Tea, Registration of invitees
15.00 Formal Welcome
15.30 Reflections on the full training programme and feedback loops
from representatives of the four teams to invited partners andstakeholders.
16.30 Q&A with the invitees
17.00 Drinks
18.00
18.30- Informal dinner and farewells!
20.00+/End and return to your hotel
20.30

Sat 15/12
Hotel

7.30 Breakfast
Later Checking out and departure to Schiphol Airport

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Mini-biosof lecturers
and coaches

Paul Ariese
Paul Ariese (paul.ariese@ahk.nl) is SeniorLecturer of Exhibition Development at the
Reinwardt Academy. He is also thefounder of Museum Mind
(www.museummind.nl). Ariese has
extensive experience in museum andexhibition development processes, aswell as interpretive planning. He is a
graduate of the University of Leicester’s
School of Museum Studies and was also
trained as architectural and graphic
designer. Since 1997, Ariese has worked
on numerous projects for museums,
visitor centres and heritage institutions allover the Netherlands, alongside museum
projects and capacity building programsin Africa and Asia.

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Joke Bosch

Hester Dibbits

Joke Bosch (joke.bosch@ahk.nl) works
in and for museums and in the field of
cultural heritage. For the last 12 years,
she has also worked as a lecturer at
the Reinwardt Academy (Amsterdam
University of the Arts). Trained as ahistorian, she became involved withmuseums and has held several
managerial functions in museums varying
from marketing to audience development
and education (among other museum,the Amsterdam Museum, the Amsterdam
Resistance Museum and the Dutch
Museum Association). Audience research,
inclusion and innovation are of keeninterest to her. As co-founder of theMuseum Night Amsterdam, she was andcontinues to search for ways to increase(and retain) audiences and people’sinterest in the field of heritage.

Prof. Dr. Hester Dibbits(hester.dibbits@ahk.nl) (MA Modern
and Theoretical History 1989; Ph.D. 1998)
is a lecturer of Cultural Heritage at the
Reinwardt Academy, endowed professorof Historical Culture and Education at theErasmus School of History, Culture andCommunication (Erasmus University
Rotterdam) and the director of theinternational Master of Museology at the
Reinwardt Academy. Dibbits is a memberof the National Research Council for
Cultural Heritage and figurehead of theRoute Levend Verleden (Living History) of
the Dutch National Research Agenda(NWA). Dibbits uses a historicalethnological perspective when focusing
on heritage making in the context ofeveryday life. Dibbits has a long trackrecord in the field of research on theculture of everyday life (16th-21st century),
migration and material culture.

Phone: +31(0)615015241

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Marjelle van Hoorn

Arjen Kok

Marjelle van Hoorn (1969)(marjelle.vanhoorn@ahk.nl) is alecturer at the Reinwardt Academy. She iscommitted to deepening the relevance ofmuseums and heritage organisations.
The relations with the community andthe choices that organisations make todevelop participatory practices are her key
subject of interest. She worked in various
museums (Het Dolhuys, Van Gogh
Museum, Mauritshuis) as a museum
advisor and as the director of the VSC,
a network of 33 science museums, whose
mission is to develop scientific literacy
through museums. Besides teachingin Amsterdam, she has also trained
museum professionals in
China and Russia.

Arjen Kok (a.kok@cultureelerfgoed.nl)
is an art historian and museologist.
The main focus of his research andprojects is the development andmanagement of value and significancein museum collections. He is involved incommunity museums, transport heritage,intangible heritage and contemporary
collecting. The dynamics of collection
practices and policies guide his approach.
He works as collections specialist for themuseum sector at the Cultural Heritage
Agency of the Netherlands and is alecturer at the Master’s Programme of
the Reinwardt Academy.
Phone: +31(0)654675119

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Theo MeereboerDaniëlle Kuijten (Danielle@imagineic.nl)
works as a co-curator at Imagine IC andas a freelancer at Heritage Concepting.
Daniëlle’s extensive experience consistsof consultancy collection strategies,
participative collecting, significanceprojects, co-curation, organising cultural
exchange programs, workshops andguest lectures on contemporary collecting,participation and revisiting collections.
Her motto: connect, tell, share, see.

Theo Meereboer (theo.meereboer@ahk.nl)
is an idea and concept developer,
especially for museums and cultural
heritage institutions. He is experienced inengagement and participation concepts,
he facilitates various training modules
and lectures relevant to the heritage field,
and works as a museum maker andheritage internist: “I support museums
and other heritage institutions to bethemselves (or to become who they wish
to be). Together with all stakeholders
involved, we go from identity and idea,
through core values, ambitions andsocially responsible undertakings, towards
a socially engaged and empathetic
approach. This field of work is all aboutsocial interaction, and restoring orbuilding relationships.”
Phone: +31(0)648777421

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Ruben Smit

Mirjam Shatanawi

Ruben Smit (ruben.smit@ahk.nl) is
Senior Lecturer of Interpretation andLearning and Coordinator of International
Programmes. Originally trained as ateacher in History and Geography, heobtained his post-graduate degree inMuseum Studies at Leicester University(UK). He has been lecturing for the last
14 years at the Reinwardt Academy andpreviously has held many (managerial)
functions in the museum sector. In his
capacity as senior trainer, he has along-standing experience in working incountries like China, Indonesia and Russia.
His main professional interest is audiencedevelopment and learning.

Mirjam Shatanawi(mirjam.shatanawi@ahk.nl) is a lecturerof Cultural Heritage and Museology.
Between 2001 and 2018, she worked asa curator at the Tropenmuseum in
Amsterdam and the Museum of Ethnology
in Leiden. She has curated exhibitions on
topics as wide-ranging as contemporary
art from Iran, the global Sixties and theartistic encounter of the Dutch artist M.C.
Escher with Islamic art. Her book Islam at
the Tropenmuseum (2013) is a criticalanalysis of the history of the
Tropenmuseum’s Islamic collections.

Phone: +31(0)623902711

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Iris Volkers

Rianne Walet

Iris Volkers (iris-volkers@hotmail.com)
is doing her MA in Memory and Heritage
Studies at the University of Amsterdam
and is currently carrying out an internshipat the Cultural Heritage Agency of theNetherlands.

Rianne Walet (r.walet@hotmail.com)
works as a freelance heritage professional.
During her studies at the Reinwardt
Academy (BA, 2014) and Utrecht
University (MA, 2018) she specialised in
education, participation, and in colonialand slavery history. She has worked withseveral organisations which engage with
contested and shared cultural heritage,
including the Municipality of Amsterdam
and the Cultural Heritage Agency of theNetherlands.

Phone: +31(0)616650097

Phone: +31(0)634223600

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Important logistical information
Exchange of data
• Facebook group name: Training Sharing Contested Histories 2018
The FB group is meant for exchanging documents and (personal) information.
• WhatsApp group name: Training Sharing Contested Histories
The WhatsApp group is meant to be used in case of emergencies or to exchange
logistical information during the training.

Important addresses and websites:
The Student Hotel Amsterdam City
Address: Wibautstraat 129, 1091 GL Amsterdam
Phone: +31(0)204228669
Website: https://www.thestudenthotel.com/amsterdam-city/
Check-in: 1 December 2018 from 3 PM
Check-out: 15 December 2018 before 12 PM (noon)
Wi-Fi is available in the entire hotel, free of charge. Select the “TSH Guest” networkand register.

Reinwardt Academy
Address: Hortusplantsoen 1-3, 1018 TZ Amsterdam
Phone: +31(0)205277100
Website: https://www.reinwardt.ahk.nl/en/
Log into Wi-Fi:
User: rwa-gastdocent@ahk.nl
PW: GastRWAdocent

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Public transport
OV-chipkaart symbol.
Please note: the symbol can look different depending on the meansof transport. The colour pink usually refers to a check-in andcheck-out point.

OV-chipkaart
The OV-chipkaart is the ticket for public transport in the Netherlands, including trams,
busses, metro and trains. You must always use the card to check-in at the start and tocheck-out at the end of every journey. To do so, hold the card against the card reader
which often has a pink OV-chipkaart symbol (see above). Every time you check-out, thecard reader will show you how much your trip has cost. Do not forget to check-out as
you will lose credit! Should you run out of credit, you can find a service point in various
metro (e.g. Waterlooplein) and all train stations. All machines have English-language
manuals to help you top-up your card. The Albert Heijn Supermarket on Wibautstraat
80 is the service point closest to the hotel.
OV-chipkaart explanation: https://www.ov-chipkaart.nl/everything-about-travelling/
how-does-travelling-work-1.htm
OV-chipkaart service points: https://www.ov-chipkaart.nl/service-and-contact/servicepoints-finder.htm

Travel planner
9292 OV
Website: https://9292.nl/en/
App: you can download the 9292 app on your phone(also available in English)

Trams, metro and busses in Amsterdam (travel planner and info) - GVB
Website: https://en.gvb.nl/

Trains Dutch Railways (travel planner and info) – NS
Website: https://www.ns.nl/en

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Important public transport connections
To the Student Hotel Amsterdam City (from Amsterdam CS and vice versa):
1. Amsterdam Central Station (CS)
2. Exit via main entrance/exit on Stationsplein
3. Go to the metro station on the right (Metrostation Centraal Station)
4. Take one of the following metro lines:
51 (direction Westwijk)
53 (direction Gaasperplas)
54 (direction Gein)
5.	Get off at metro station stop ‘Wibautstraat’, exit by following the signs to
Platanenstraat. The hotel is situated next to the metro station.

To the Reinwardt Academy:
Walk:	The Reinwardt Academy is located within a 15-minute walk from the Student
Hotel Amsterdam City.
Metro:	The Academy can be reached by metro lines 51, 53, 54. Get off at metro station
stop ‘Waterlooplein’ and exit by following the signs to Hortusplantsoen.
Trams:	Use trams 9 and 14 to get to the Academy, get off at stop ‘Mr. Visserplein’.
It is a short walk to the Academy from here.

Emergency services – phone numbers
For emergencies (ambulance, police and fire departments): 112
Central GP doctor (out-of-hours emergencies in Amsterdam region): +31(0)880030600
Amsterdam Police (non-urgent cases): 0900-8844, ask to be connected to Amsterdam
Police Department.

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Addresses training locations In Amsterdam:
Amsterdam Museum
Address: Kalverstraat 92, 1012 PH Amsterdam
Phone: +31(0)205231822
Website: https://www.amsterdammuseum.nl/en

Black Heritage Tours
Address meeting point: Dam Square National Monument, Amsterdam
Phone: +31(0)621322299
Website: http://www.blackheritagetours.com/

Imagine IC
Address: Bijlmerplein 393, 1102 DK Amsterdam
Phone: +31(0)204894866
Website: http://www.imagineic.nl/english

Rijksmuseum
Address: Museumstraat 1, 1071 XX Amsterdam
Phone: +31(0)206747000
Website: https://www.rijksmuseum.nl/en
The Rijksmuseum offers free Wi-Fi.

Tropenmuseum
Address: Linnaeusstraat 2, 1092 CK Amsterdam
Phone: +31(0)880042800
Website: https://www.tropenmuseum.nl/en

DutchCulture
Address: Herengracht 474, 1017 CA Amsterdam
Phone: +31(0)206164225
Website: https://dutchculture.nl/en

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Atelier Building - Cultural Heritage Agency
Address: Hobbemastraat 22, 1071 ZC Amsterdam
Phone (secretary): +31(0)203054771

Addresses training locations in the Hague:
The Mauritshuis
Address: Plein 29, 2511 CS The Hague
Phone: +31(0)703023456
Website: https://www.mauritshuis.nl/en/

The National Archives
Address: Prins Willem-Alexanderhof 20, 2595 BE The Hague
Phone: +31(0)703315400
Website: https://www.nationaalarchief.nl/en

West Den Haag - Huis Huguetan
Address: Lange Voorhout 34, 2514 EE Den Haag
Phone: +31(0)703925359

Places of worship
Should you like to visit a place of worship, the IAMsterdam website provides information. It also includes lists of churches and synagogues that offer English-language
services and active mosques in Amsterdam.
https://www.iamsterdam.com/en/living/about-living-in-amsterdam/people-culture/religion-spirituality

Other useful addresses
Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
Address: Evert van de Beekstraat 202, 1118 CP Schiphol
There are regular train connections to the Airport from Amsterdam Central Stationand vice versa.

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Close to the Student Hotel Amsterdam City
There are many restaurants located on and close to Wibautstraat. These are somesuggestions:

The Commons – Wibautstraat 131
Next to the Student Hotel you can find the hotel’s restaurant which serves (vegetarian)lunch and dinner.
https://www.thecommonsrestaurant.com/

Stek Amsterdam – Wibautstraat 95
Breakfast and lunch made with (mostly) homemade ingredients. Also has vegetarian
options and free Wi-Fi.
https://www.stek-amsterdam.com/

Bagels & Beans – Ruyschstraat 52
A well-known bagel food chain which also has free Wi-Fi.
https://www.bagelsbeans.nl/nl/storelocator?address=amsterdam

India Roti Room – Eerste Oosterparkstraat 67-71
This restaurant serves traditional Indian meals (halal), late lunch and dinner.
http://indiarotiroom.nl/

Beter & Leuk – Eerste Oosterparkstraat 91
Organic breakfast, lunch and take-away dinner restaurant with vegan and gluten-free
options.
https://beterenleuk.nl/

Loulou Pizzabar – Weesperzijde 42A
Traditional Italian pizzas with gluten-free options, dinner only.
https://louloupizzabar.nl/

Sharing Stories on Contested Histories is a two-week Shared Cultural
Heritage training programme. The training is organized by the Cultural
Heritage Agency of the Netherlands in collaboration with the Reinwardt
Academy. The training focusses on multiper­spectivity and mutuality
in the presentation of museum collections with a trans­national and­transcultural background. The aim is to develop a more inclusive
approach that supports a shared responsibility for cultural heritage.