Representations of Transatlantic Slavery and African and Dutch Heritage in Post-Colonial Curaçao
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Jackson, Antoinette T.
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University of South Florida
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2020
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109
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M.A.
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University of South Florida
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2020
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Presenting a history of slavery that resonates with multiple audiences and serves necessary educational goals, while still creating sufficient appeal to attract visitors and remain sustainable is an enormous task faced by museums in post-colonial spaces across the world. The Museum Kura Hulanda in Curaçao finds itself in an unenviable position of maintaining a vast collection compiled by its founder, navigating the complexities of the 400-year legacy of Dutch involvement in the transatlantic slave trade, and sustaining its position within the local business and tourist economy of Curaçao.