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'Cucumber time' in print
At midsummer, when the cucumbers are ripe, there is nothing much to report in the media. 'Cucumber time' ('silly season') inspired Dutch cartoonists of different backgrounds. Click here for a... [Image gallery]
Photo collection Wim Dussel
The photo collection of journalist / photographer Wim Dussel (1920-2004) is since 2004 part of the collections of the IISH. Dussel crossed the world as a travelling photojournalist. Wim Dussel began... [Image gallery]
Het Reclamearsenaal
 ... People want new, enticing, original and striking forms, an attractive drawing, a distinctive layout, a remarkable font and a special new paper ...The Reclamearsenaal originated in 2001 from a... [Image gallery]
Seth Siegelaub, Collector and Father of Conceptual Art
Seth Siegelaub, the subject of a major retrospective at the Stedelijk Museum in Amsterdam from 12 December 2015 to 17 April 2016, was closely acquainted with the IISH. Since 1989, the IISH has housed... [Collection highlight]
Cineclub Vrijheidsfilms
Cineclub Vrijheidsfilms has now transferred its film and video collection to the IISH.Since 1966 Cineclub has been producing and distributing films and videos relating to the liberation movement... [Collection highlight]
Seth Siegelaub in the Stedelijk Museum
Seth Siegelaub, the subject of a major retrospective at the Stedelijk Museum in Amsterdam from 12 December 2015 to 17 April 2016, was closely acquainted with the IISH.Since 1989, the IISH has housed... [News]
Next 5 Minutes
Video and Documentation CollectionThis is a guide to the collection of videotapes and related material collected at the Next 5 Minutes (N5M) conferences on tactical media 1 (Amsterdam 1993), 2 (... [General page]
Jayne Mansfield in Amsterdam
10 October 1957 was a fine day for the Dutch daily De Telegraaf.  Jayne Mansfield paid the newspaper a visit. The rising star continued her publicity strategy that had previously been so successful... [Item of the Day]
Azerbaijan, a Part of Iran
At least 50,000 Iranian migrants, mostly Persian speakers from Azerbaijan and Turkish speakers from Northern Iran, lived in Baku and its suburbs between 1910 and1920. Strong Pan-Turkist waves and the... [Item of the Day]