Wu Zetian: A Female Emperor in a Male Stronghold
An English translation of Paardjes, porselein en powervrouwen, originally published in Dutch in China Vandaag, the Dutch-language members’ magazine of the Belgium–China Association, November 2025.
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The Great Indonesia Exhibition
A review of The Great Indonesia Exhibition at the Nieuwe Kerk in Amsterdam. An abridged version of this blog was also published in LOVER.
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A review of What a Genderful World!
For feminist magazine Lover, this “museummuis” (my nickname) wrote a review of “What a Genderful World!”, the latest exhibition in the Amsterdam Tropenmuseum, as well as an interview with its curator, the inspiring scholar Wonu…
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We Vikings
Tomorrow, this “museum mouse” shall be in Leeuwarden, once again, to visit the Frisian Museum! Therefore, it seemed about time to publish an English translation of my review of their last exhibition, that was published…
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Tarkovsky’s EYE Candy
Saturday night fever with my (equally nerdy and geeky) friends: from Amsterdam Central Station we take the ferry to visit a non-rectilinear polygon with spectacular large overhangs. Is it a boat? An iceberg? A huge…
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A Ludomusicologist goes to the museum…
From September 2018 to February 2019, the famous Victoria and Albert Museum in London hosted ‘Videogames: Design/Play/Disrupt’, a major exhibition on contemporary video game design and culture. Announced as “a unique insight into the design…
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Museummuis & Onderwijsmuseum
Aaaand… yet another new category for this blog, after my nickname which literally translates to “museum mouse” and incorporates my initials as well (I never understood why it is not “museummus” which would be “museum…