During World War Two, the German occupiers stole many items from Dutch museums, archives and private individuals that were subsequently taken to Germany.

On 3 and 4 december 2015 Atria celebrates the 80 year anniversary of the Collection IAV with an international conference on archiving in the 21st century.

The well-known American feminist Angela Davis visited the Netherlands in 1995. She had been invited by IIAV in Amsterdam, to open an exhibition on black, migrant and refugee women.

In 1999, Atria received the so-called collection ‘Papanek’. This donation came from the American anthropologist Hanna Papanek.

On 25 November 1935, the charter of foundation of the International Institute for Social History was signed. The IISH was founded by Prof Posthumus, husband of Willemijn Posthumus-van der Goot, one of the founders of the IAV. Both institutes started on the premises of Keizersgracht 264. The IISH made two rooms available for the sister […]

In honor of the 80th anniversary of the Collection IAV, Atria has launched a fundraising campaign, 80 euros for 80 years  

The first time I heard about ‘The Dinner Party’  of Judy Chicago,  it must have been in the 90’s.