My Batak Keris...my first post

HughChen · 6th September 2024, 10:57 AM

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Originally Posted by werecow

I don't have an itinerary but if you find yourself near here I would suggest a stop at the Wereldmuseum (i.e.: World Museum, formerly Museum of Ethnology) here in Leiden. And iirc the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam has a few on display as well.

Thank you !

milandro · 6th September 2024, 11:06 AM

don't expect to find huge collections on display, there are a few here and there (as mentioned above) but there isn't a specific keris museum. The Ethnological museum of Leiden and the Tropenmuseum of Amsterdam and the Mauritshuis in the Hague have a certain amount of krises on display but they have much more in the vaults that aren't accessible to the public.

There used to be a Nusantara Museum in Delft (a private museum I believe) with a large collection but that museum no longer exists(closed in 2013) and it is not clear (to me) where the collection went.

https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Museum_Nusantara

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0eMD5CKOHjU&t=44s

6th September 2024, 11:06 AM	#2
milandro Member Join Date: Jan 2022 Location: Netherlands Posts: 498	don't expect to find huge collections on display, there are a few here and there (as mentioned above) but there isn't a specific keris museum. The Ethnological museum of Leiden and the Tropenmuseum of Amsterdam and the Mauritshuis in the Hague have a certain amount of krises on display but they have much more in the vaults that aren't accessible to the public. There used to be a Nusantara Museum in Delft (a private museum I believe) with a large collection but that museum no longer exists(closed in 2013) and it is not clear (to me) where the collection went. https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Museum_Nusantara https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0eMD5CKOHjU&t=44s