My job as a curator of the Amsterdam Museum brought me to palaces and brothels.
Since 1995 I curated exhibitions on a great variety of subjects, with a variety of objects, often a mix of ‘high’ and ‘low’ culture and with a strong input of human stories.
Annemarie de Wildt (en)
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Some of the subjects: childbirth and pregnancy in the 17th and 18th century, 400 years of prostitution n Amsterdam, the hunger winter and liberation, city animals, sailors tattoos, Amsterdam songs, Kienholz’ The Hoerengracht, neighborhood shops (with various pop-up exhibitions), New York meets the Dam (graffiti), Footbal Hallejula, The Golden Coach.
I studied history at the Vrije Universiteit in Amsterdam, where I co-founded the women’s history group. After graduating in 1983 I worked for the Dutch women’s history organization, as a television producer for Dutch television (IKON and VPRO) and as a freelance exhibition maker for amongst others the Amsterdam Resistance Museum and the Amsterdam Historical Museum. For the Dutch Anti Apartheid Movement and the African National Congress I organized a women’s conference.
I have been involved in several participatory projects, co-creating exhibitions and websites with various groups among the population of Amsterdam. I took part in international projects such as the European Community-founded project on entrepreneurs and migration (2009-2012). Occasionally I teach at Reinwardt academy, the Public History department (University of Amsterdam), History department (Free University) and have given lectures and workshops in the Netherlands and abroad. I was chair of the historical section of the Dutch Museum Association for several years and member of the board of the Resistance Museum Amsterdam.
Since 2013 I was involved in the project Mapping Slavery. I coordinated the twinning project between the Amsterdam Museum and Openair Museum Fort New Amsterdam in Surinam.
In 2019 I joined the Stadscuratorium that advises the City of Amsterdam on Art in Public Space. In 2021 I became a member of the commitee that advises on the names of street and other public spaces in Amsterdam.
After my retirement as a curator of the Amsterdam Museum I continued as a board member (vice chair) of CAMOC, the citymuseum committee of the International Council of Museums. In October 2024 the Amsterdam Museum will (co)host the joint Conference of CAMOC and COMCOL.
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