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Body Art

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In the exhibition "Body Art," The Tropenmuseum tells all about body adornment such as tattoos, piercings and makeup. The interactive exhibition travels through time and explores different cultures around the world and their ideals of beauty. In addition to more accepted body adornments like tattoos, other forms of body modifications are on display, from implants to intentionally applied scars.

Body Art shows that every decorated person, no matter how extreme it may seem, thereby expresses his or her identity. And that need is under everyone's skin!



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The World Museum is a museum about world cultures

Discover that except for a few differences, everyone is all the same: Human.


At the World Museum you will find an extensive permanent exhibition and regularly changing interactive exhibitions in which the objects each tell a human story. Stories about universal human themes such as mourning, celebrating, decorating, praying or fighting. They arouse curiosity about the enormous cultural diversity of the world. The permanent exhibitions deal with Southeast Asia, ...

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World Museum
Linnaeusstraat 2, Amsterdam
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March 30 to January 31, 2019
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