Multatuli Museum

The Multatuli Museum (also Multatuli House/Huis) is a 17th-century canal house in the Jordaan neighbourhood of Amsterdam, Netherlands. It is dedicated to Eduard Douwes Dekker (1820-1887), whose pen name was Multatuli. Multatuli is best known for his 1860 novel Max Havelaar, inspired by time spent in Indonesia while serving in the Dutch civil service.[1] Eduard Douwes Dekker was born in the Multatuli House and he died 67 years later in Ingelheim am Rhein, Germany on a red sofa that can be seen here to date.[2]

Multatuli Museum
Multatuli Huis
Location within the city center of Amsterdam
LocationKorsjespoortsteeg 200
Amsterdam, Netherlands
Coordinates52.378138°N 4.891155°E / 52.378138; 4.891155
Typemuseum
AccreditationICOM, Official Museums of Amsterdam
Directordr. Klaartje Groot
Websitehttp://www.multatuli-museum.nl/home

In 2013, the Multatuli House had 1176 visitors.[3] The museum organises regular temporary exhibitions about the writer as well as lectures, symposia and themed guided walks through Amsterdam.[4]

Collection

At the Multatuli House, one can see how Multatuli would have lived in the 19th century; his personal belongings still decorate the house.[5] These items include his globe, his desk, his library and the red couch on which he died.[6]

Elsewhere, more than 5000 of Multatuli's manuscripts are preserved in the Special Collections at the University of Amsterdam.[7]

References
  1. "Multatuli Huis". Fodor's. Fodor's. Retrieved 27 August 2015.
  2. "Het Amsterdam van Multatuli" (PDF). noord-holland.com. Noord-Holland. Retrieved 27 August 2015.
  3. "Jaarvergadering Multatuli Genootschap 1 maart 2014" (PDF). ANBI. Retrieved 27 August 2015.
  4. "Multatuli Huis". Stichting Open Monumentendag. Retrieved 27 August 2015.
  5. "Multatuli Museum". Ons Echte Goud. Museum Vereniging. Retrieved 27 August 2015.
  6. "Ons Echte Goud". Multatuli Museum. Museum Vereniging. Retrieved 27 August 2015.
  7. "Het Amsterdam van Multatuli" (PDF). Noord-Holland. Noord-Holland. Retrieved 27 August 2015.
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