Author: HAARLEM COLONIAL MUSEUM GUIDE -
Title: Gids voor de Bezoekers van het Koloniaal Museum te Haarlem, tevens Beknopte Handleiding bij de Schoolverzamelingen. 6e uitgave [Sixth edition].
Description: Haarlem, Koloniaal Museum der Maatschappij van Nijverheid, 1912. Small 8°., original printed wrappers, illustration of Museum premises on front cover. 106pp. Many monochrome illustrations in text and full-page, museum notice how to compile a herbarium and how to catch, breed and/or preserve insects, fold. plan of the museum with legenda at end, extensive list of museum's publications, technical information on the museum printed inside covers, table of contents. Ample detailed dutch language guide on behalf of visitors to the Haarlem Colonial Museum collections, Dutch East Indies: agriculture, mining and minerls, biology, flora and fauna, anthropology, textiles and clothing, weapons, weavings and fabrics, wayang puppets, etc.., incl. a small section on the Antilles and Surinam. Good copy. (spine reinforced with a modern cloth strip).

Keywords: museum guide visitors haarlem colonial products collection agriculture minerals flora fauna fabrics weapons colonialism indonesia antilles southeastasia westindies