From Egyptian antiquities to Greek sculptures and the history of collecting, my first visit to the Allard Pierson Museum raised an unexpected question:...

On 29 October 2026, I visited the Allard Pierson Museum in Amsterdam for the first time. One exhibition I explored was "The Art of Transformation" ("De...

There is something remarkable about standing before an object made hundreds, or even thousands, of years ago. We often see ancient objects as treasures....