S Queen Wilhelmina on her bicycle outside palace Soestdijk in 1938 ( photo public domain/wikipedia commons) photographer unknown The balance bicycle was introduced in the...

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          After the war with Napoleon in the early 1800s, there was a lot of poverty in the Netherlands. General Johannes...

Last Friday september 15th the exhibition “Submerged Heritage was openend in Rotterdam. The exhibition Soengoe Kondre / Submerged Heritage takes you to the interior of...

Princess Margriet in October 2022 At the outbreak of World War II in 1940 the royal family fled to England, Princess Juliana and her daughters...

In 1790, a small number of men started a small pottery factory in Sarreguemines on the river Sarre in North East France. This area used...

Josiah Wedgwood (1730-1795) is known as one of the most famous potters in history. He was born in Burslem in Stoke-on-Trent England. As a child...

Today an article on our collection was published in the national newspaper The Telegraaf Photo by Paul Tolenaar

On March 10, 1966, the wedding of Princess Beatrix and Prince Claus took place. Such a Royal wedding naturally also includes a gift from the...

Bernard Bloch was born in Mecov Austria in 1836. As a young man from a Jewish family, he received a Jewish upbringing. At a young...