The future of human remains of colonial origin in Museum Vrolik
For many descendants of human remains from former colonies, the preservation and exhibition of these ancestral remains in museums is a painful open wound. But a museum that manages such remains must do something with this legacy of colonialism and racism. For Museum Vrolik, this means that we investigate the origin of the remains and share the results of this.
During the five-year project Pressing Matter, ownership, value and the question of colonial heritage in museums, the human remains were examined. A lot of information was found in archives and old publications, on labels, numbers and handwriting on the remains.