Surinaams Museum
The Surinaams Museum is a museum located at Abraham Crijnssenweg 1 in Fort Zeelandia, Suriname.
Description
The Surinaams Museum is located inside Fort Zeelandia, the site where British and Dutch colonists first arrived in Suriname.[1] The site was established as a museum in 1947 and the permanent exhibit spaces include reconstructions of "an old apothecary shop, a cobbler shop and a prison cell in its original state."[1][2] The museum displays a range of ethnographic and historical objects, including photographs, art, furniture, and textiles from the European, Hindustani, Maroon, Chinese, Javanese, and indigenous Amerindian people who once inhabited the fort and surrounding areas.[1][3] The collection includes 51 botanical drawings by the Surinamese artist Gerrit Schouten and about 400 glass negatives of the work of the Surinamese photographer Augusta Curiel.
See also
- List of museums in Suriname
- The Magic Lantern of Mr. Furet, a narrative of plantation life in 1840s Suriname with contemporaneous illustrations.
References
- ^ a b c "The Stichting Surinaams Museum". Amazonian Museum Network. Retrieved 1 May 2013.
- ^ "About Us". Stichting Surinaams Museum. Retrieved 1 May 2013.
- ^ "Collection". Stichting Surinaams Museum. Retrieved 1 May 2013.
External links
- http://www.surinaamsmuseum.net (primarily in Dutch)