Type museum Phone +31 20 638 1938 Function Museum | Director dr. Klaartje Groot Province North Holland | |
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Location Korsjespoortsteeg 200
Amsterdam, Netherlands Accreditation ICOM, Official Museums of Amsterdam Address Korsjespoortsteeg 20, 1015 AR Amsterdam, Netherlands Hours Open today · 10AM–5PMTuesday10AM–5PMWednesday12–5PMThursday12–5PMFriday12–5PMSaturday12–5PMSunday12–5PMMondayClosedSuggest an edit Similar Theo Thijssen Museum, West‑Indisch Huis, Pianola Museum, Museum Willet‑Holthuysen, Museum Geelvinck‑Hinlopen | ||
Multatuli museum amsterdam
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. 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.
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In 2013, the Multatuli House had 1176 visitors. The museum organises regular temporary exhibitions about the writer as well as lectures, symposia and themed guided walks through Amsterdam.
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At the Multatuli House, one can see how Multatuli would have lived in the 19th century; his personal belongings still decorate the house. These items include his globe, his desk, his library and the red couch on which he died.
Elsewhere, more than 5000 of Multatuli's manuscripts are preserved in the Special Collections at the University of Amsterdam.