OPIUM, de staat als dealer
Temporary exhibition, from October 19, 2024
Step into the world of Opium and discover how the Netherlands built an opium empire, with far-reaching consequences.
Discover what can be seen and experienced in the permanent exhibition(s) in the Tax & Customs Museum, for both young and old. Get a unique glimpse into Dutch tax history and learn everything about customs work from the past to the present. In addition to the permanent presentation, there are always temporary exhibitions, which means that our offering remains surprising.
On display now
Online exhibitions
RIGHT/WRONG
post-war settlement
With personal stories of traitors, enemy subjects and relatives of 'absents'.
Sealed
400 year tax stamp
With this exhibition we celebrate the 400th anniversary of this Dutch invention.
Women in the Tax Administration
An ode to the women at the Tax Administration in the early twentieth century
Archive
RIGHT/WRONG
1 December 2023 - 22 September 2024
A special exhibition about post-war settlement
PRECIOUS GOODS
30 November 2022 - 29 October 2023
This exhibition was about the role of Customs in combating cross-border illegal trade in protected animals
BETWEEN FLUSH & FLAT BROKE
16 July 2021 - 27 March 2022
A community exhibition & project full of wallets with a story. Was on display at the museum from July 16, 2021 - April 3, 2022
Burdened Colonial Past
22 April - 31 October 2022
An exhibition about taxes and colonial tax systems as one of the aspects of Dutch rule.
FIOD – Fighting Fraud
5 June 2021 - 2 October 2022
This exhibition had the setting of an escape room. 5 fraud cases had to be solved in five rooms.
Forged Together
16 March 2019 - 17 January 2021
Silver showpieces and old masters from the collection of Museum Boijmans have been forged together with objects from the history of inspectors of the Waarborg.
MAD ABOUT MONEY
25 June 2019 - 8 March 2020
This exhibition took you on a journey through the history and development of money.
Weird Taxes
15 December 2018 - 19 May 2019
It was a success, this exhibition about the 20 most bizarre taxes of all time.
False Bottoms
26 May - 28 October 2018
A magical exhibition about smuggled objects, where nothing was what it seemed.
FROM PHAROAH TO TAXMAN
13 December 2017 - 18 March 2018
An exhibition about taxes in antiquity.
COUNTRIES BORDERS SKIES
August - December 2018
Photo exhibition, selection from a unique time document
WOOF! – A NOSE FOR CUSTOMS WORK
8 April - 8 October 2017
An exhibition about the sniffer dogs of Customs in the Netherlands