Search help

More search results

No results for your search term? Use a so-called wildcard in the form of * (an asterisk) before, within or after a search word. This usually gives you more results.

Example: Piet H* returns Piet Hein, Piet Heijn and Piet Heyn.

Uppercase or lowercase?

A difference between uppercase and lowercase letters does not affect the result.

Example: Piet Hein returns the same result as piet hein.

Select your sources

At the top of the Advanced Search page, to the right of Search form, you can indicate whether you want to search through everything (default), or only in Objects or Literature.

Select your museum

Under Museum you can indicate which collection(s) you want to search. By default, the data of all affiliated museums is searched for the words you enter. If you want to search the collection of one specific museum, you can look up the name of the desired museum in the menu and select it by clicking on it.