Investigation into the provenance of museum collections in connection with the theft, confiscation and sale of objects under duress between 1933 and 1945.

menu Skip over navigation | Sla menu over

Tassenmuseum Hendrikje

to museum overview

Tassenmuseum Hendrikje

Herengracht 573 1017 CD Amsterdam www.tassenmuseum.nl

Investigation results

None of the objects in this museum have problematic provenance.

Result of this investigation

The museum declined to take part in the investigation since none of the objects in its collection has individually identifiable characteristics.

Information from previous research (report Museum Acquisitions 1940-1948)

View reaction of Tassenmuseum Hendrikje in the report Museale acquisitions 1940-1948 which was published in 1999 in response to the previous museum research.

About this museum and its collection

Located in a historical burgomaster’s residence in Amsterdam built in 1664, the museum shows how women’s bags have evolved over five centuries from the late Middle Ages to the present day. Over a thousand objects, bags and accessories are on show surveying the enormous variety in form, function, material and decoration and the changes over the centuries.