The ethnological collection contains more than 8,000 objects from all corners of the globe and consists of four large component collections:
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The Van Baaren collection (static collection)
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The ethnological collection from the Prinsessehof in the city of Leeuwarden (static collection)
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The collection of the former Tropical Agricultural Museum (Tropisch Landbouwmuseum) in the city of Deventer (static collection)
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The acquisitions (gifts, purchases) to the collection between 1972 - 2003