1350-2073 - New Ireland Malagan funerary statue in at the Metropolitan Museum of Art museum, New York, USA. New Ireland is part of the Bismarck Archipelago, situated north of New Guinea, and has an estimated population of 100,000. The Dutch first encountered the island in 1616, and today New Ireland is a province of Papua New Guinea. Nineteen different languages are spoken on the island, and it is divided by a chain of mountains into three distinct regions: northern, central, and southeastern. The art of New Ireland traditionally centered on mortuary ceremonies and feasts to honor the dead. In northern New Ireland, the name given to these elaborate ceremonies is malagan, which is also the term used for the carved and painted sculptures associated with the ceremonies.

805-442 - The 250 year old Dutch cemetery at Chinsurah, run by the Archaeological Survey of India, near Hugli, West Bengal, India, Asia

805-443 - Gardener trimming low hedge in the 250 year old Dutch cemetery at Chinsurah, run by the Archaeological Survey of India, near Hugli, West Bengal, India, Asia

1176-1135 - Pattimura monument, celebrating Thomas Matulessy (Pattimura) who rebelled against the Dutch in 1817, Saparua, Ambon, Maluku, Indonesia, Southeast Asia, Asia

826-714 - The tower of Delft Town Hall (Stadhuis) and Dutch Gold Age facades in Delft, South Holland, The Netherlands, Europe

826-712 - The tower of Delft Town Hall (Stadhuis) and Dutch Gold Age facades in Delft, South Holland, The Netherlands, Europe

826-708 - Dutch Golden Age houses along the Voldersgracht canal, Delft, South Holland, The Netherlands, Europe

848-1796 - Dutch Reformed Church, Galle, Old Town, UNESCO World Heritage Site, South Coast, Sri Lanka, Asia

698-3369 - Dutch gables on a row of typical Amsterdam houses with reflections, Damrak Canal, Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands, Europe

698-3370 - Gardens of the Rijksmuseum, Dutch Art gallery and museum, Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands, Europe

698-3368 - Entrance arch to the Rijksmuseum, Dutch Art gallery and museum, Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands, Europe

698-3374 - Row of typical Dutch houses on Damrak Canal with canal tour boat, Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands, Europe

698-3366 - Dutch gables on row of typical Amsterdam houses at night with reflections in the Damrak canal, Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands, Europe

851-683 - The Dutch Reformed Church in the historic Galle Fort, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Sri Lanka, Asia

851-682 - The original Dutch entrance to the historic Galle Fort, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Sri Lanka, Asia

1179-2430 - Rosenborg Castle built in the Dutch Renaissance style, Copenhagen, Denmark, Europe

1179-2431 - Gardens and Rosenborg Castle built in the Dutch Renaissance style, Copenhagen, Denmark, Europe

1179-2436 - Panoramic of Rosenborg Castle built in the Dutch Renaissance style, Copenhagen, Denmark, Europe

747-1776 - Town Square with statue of Jan Pieterszoon Coen, Dutch East India Company, Hoorn, Holland, Europe

1202-30 - Historic 17th century Dutch architecture in Topsham, near Exeter, Devon, England, United Kingdom, Europe

792-770 - Street of uniquely individual Dutch houses, Zuider Havendijk, Enkhuizen, North Holland, Netherlands, Europe

792-765 - Traditional sailing boat, Zuiderzee Open Air Museum, Lake Ijssel, Enkhuizen, North Holland, Netherlands, Europe

792-764 - Boats in a fishing port at Zuiderzee Open Air Museum, Lake Ijssel, Enkhuizen, North Holland, Netherlands, Europe

792-768 - Traditional Dutch windmill, Zuiderzee Open Air Museum, Lake Ijssel, Enkhuizen, North Holland, Netherlands, Europe

792-763 - Canal and traditional building, Zuiderzee Open Air Museum, Lake Ijssel, Enkhuizen, North Holland, Netherlands, Europe

971-86 - Old postbox dating from the Dutch colonial period of Paramaribo, Suriname, South America

832-343851 - The characteristic wooden houses and windmills as in the 17th century in the Museum Zaanse Schans, Zaandam, Netherlands, Europe

832-343318 - Girl watching the famous painting "Girl with a Pearl Earring " by Dutch painter Johannes Vermeer in the museum Mauritshuis in The Hague Netherlands

832-343854 - The characteristic wooden houses as in the 17th century in the Museum Zaanse Schans, Zaandam, Netherlands, Europe

832-285710 - Windmill at an open-air museum, Zaanse Schans museum village, Netherlands, Europe

832-363077 - Historic Immanuel Windmill, typical Dutch style, near Marne, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany

832-263988 - Buiten museum of the Zuidersee-Museum, an open-air museum on Lake Ijssel in Enkhuizen, Netherlands, Europe

832-232287 - Statue of William of Orange, Willem van Oranje on Plein Square, in front of a modern office building, The Hague, Province of South Holland, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands, Benelux, Europe

832-232285 - Mauritshuis Museum and the Binnenhof complex of buildings of Parliament on Hofvijver, Court's Pond, The Hague, Province of South Holland, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands, Benelux, Europe

832-232288 - Bonnefanten Museum, architect Aldo Rossi, Maastricht, province of Limburg, Netherlands, Benelux, Europe

832-232283 - Mauritshuis Museum and the Binnenhof complex of buildings of Parliament on Hofvijver, Court's Pond, The Hague, Province of South Holland, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands, Benelux, Europe

832-232332 - St. Servatius monument in front of the Sint Servaas-Basiliek, St. Servatius Basilica, Maastricht, Limburg, Netherlands, Benelux, Europe

832-232289 - Bonnefanten Museum, architect Aldo Rossi, Maastricht, province of Limburg, Netherlands, Benelux, Europe

1109-1087 - Dutch Reformed Church, Old Town of Galle, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Sri Lanka, Asia

832-226244 - Typical wooden houses from the 17th century, roofs, historic city De Rijp near Alkmaar, Province of North Holland, Netherlands, Europe

832-226249 - Historic wooden house with a small gallery, beautifully renovated, De Rijp near Alkmaar, Province of North Holland, Netherlands, Europe

832-226233 - Cat of arms of West Friesland at the historical house of the provincial administration, now West Frisian Museum, Hoorn, North Holland, Province of Holland, Netherlands, Europe

832-226236 - Harbour of Hoorn at the IJsselmeer, historic house fronts, Province of North Holland, Netherlands, Europe

832-226198 - Historic fortified tower Hoofdtoren, harbour of Hoorn, IJsselmeer, North Holland, Holland, Netherlands, Europe

832-226237 - Historic fortified tower Hoofdtoren, harbour of Hoorn, IJsselmeer, North Holland, Holland, Netherlands, Europe

832-226259 - Historical grocer's shop, first shop of Albert Heijn of the Dutch supermarket chain, open-air museum Zaanse Schans, province of North Holland, Netherlands, Europe

832-226255 - Traditional Dutch wooden house with footbridge, open-air museum Zaanse Schans, Zaandam, North Holland, Netherlands, Europe

832-226245 - Typical wooden houses from the 17th century, roofs, historic city De Rijp near Alkmaar, Province of North Holland, Netherlands, Europe

832-226239 - Former city hall from the 17th century, De Rijp near Alkmaar, Province of North Holland, Netherlands, Europe

832-226257 - Elaborate ornaments on the portal of a Dutch merchant house from the 18th century, open-air museum Zaanse Schans, Zaandam, North Holland, Netherlands, Europe

832-226243 - Typical wooden houses from the 17th century, historic city De Rijp near Alkmaar, Province of North Holland, Netherlands, Europe

832-226196 - Historic fortified tower Hoofdtoren, harbour of Hoorn, IJsselmeer, Province of North Holland, Netherlands, Europe

832-226242 - Typical wooden houses from the 17th century at a canal, historic city De Rijp near Alkmaar, Province of North Holland, Netherlands, Europe

832-226246 - Small, red wooden house, historic city De Rijp near Alkmaar, Province of North Holland, Netherlands, Europe

1160-136 - Old Dutch windmill, Nebel, Amrum, North Frisian Islands, Schleswig Holstein, Germany, Europe

832-198488 - 1905 school classroom, Zuiderzee museum, Enkhuizen, North Holland, Netherlands, Europe

832-196668 - Memorial to Willem Barents, Barentsz, 1550-1597, Dutch nagivator and explorer, Vardo, Vardoe, Norway, Scandinavia, Europe

832-194657 - Dutch-style windmill, open-air museum, Westphalian State Museum for Ethnology, Detmold, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, Europe

832-165495 - Rembrandt monument at the Witte Single canal, Leiden, South Holland, Netherlands, Europe

832-165484 - Royal Picture Gallery Mauritshuis, The Hague, South Holland, Netherlands, Europe

832-162568 - Memorial to the blind poet Petronella Moens, 1762-1843, Aardenburg, Netherlands, Europe

832-165481 - Bonnefanten Museum, architect Aldo Rossi, Maastricht, Limburg, Netherlands, Europe

832-145760 - Steel dome of a observation bunker from the second World War, Atlantic Wall 1942, Bunker Museum Zoutelande, Walcheren, Zeeland, Netherlands, Benelux, Europe

832-143061 - Golden cock, goblet, inside Friedenssaal, peace hall, site of the Spanish-Dutch peace in 1648, Peace of Westphalia, Muenster, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, Europe

832-145768 - Gas lock of a bunker from the second World War, Atlantic Wall 1942, Bunker Museum Zoutelande, Walcheren, Zeeland, Netherlands, Benelux, Europe

832-145767 - Gas lock of a bunker from the second World War, Atlantic Wall 1942, Bunker Museum Zoutelande, Walcheren, Zeeland, Netherlands, Benelux, Europe

832-143060 - Interior view of Friedenssaal, peace hall, site of the Spanish-Dutch peace in 1648, Peace of Westphalia, Muenster, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, Europe

832-145766 - Entrance to a bunker from the second World War, Atlantic Wall 1942, Bunker Museum Zoutelande, Walcheren, Zeeland, Netherlands, Benelux, Europe

832-103475 - Row of old brick houses near Huis Bergh castle, 's-Heerenberg, Gelderland, Lower Rhine region, Netherlands, Europe

832-103476 - Historic brick home near Huis Bergh castle, 's-Heerenberg, Gelderland, Lower Rhine region, Netherlands, Europe

832-116971 - Meyer's Muehle old smock windmill built in typical dutch style, Bardowick, district Lueneburg, Lower Saxony, Germany

832-87794 - Historic windmill with wind rose built in a typical Dutch style, Artlenburg windmill, Elbuferstrasse, Artlenburg, Lueneburg district, Lower Saxony, Germany, Europe

832-73995 - Historic doorway to Zeeuws Archief archive, Van de Perrehuis building, Middelburg, Walcheren, Zeeland, Netherlands, Europe

832-86112 - Canal and former weigh building, now Holland Kaasmuseum Dutch cheese museum, Alkmaar, North Holland, Netherlands, Europe

832-87796 - Historic windmill with wind rose built in a typical Dutch style, Artlenburg windmill, Elbuferstrasse, Artlenburg, Lueneburg district, Lower Saxony, Germany, Europe

832-82113 - Historic windmills, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Kinderdijk, South Holland, Netherlands, Europe

832-87795 - Historic windmill with wind rose built in a typical Dutch style, Artlenburg windmill, Elbuferstrasse, Artlenburg, Lueneburg district, Lower Saxony, Germany, Europe

832-84050 - Typical architecture in the Dutch Quarter, Mittelstrasse, Potsdam, Brandenburg, Germany, Europe

832-64537 - Male and female mannequins dressed in Rococo style, in a salon, 18th Century, Kasteel Hoensbroek, Limburg, The Netherlands, Europe

832-45099 - Statue of William of Orange, Willem I, on the Plein square, Den Haag, The Hague, Holland, Netherlands, Benelux, Europe

832-40351 - Boat and Windmill in Zaanse Schans open-air museum, Zaanstad, North Holland, Holland, Netherlands, Europe

832-41328 - Dutch windmill in Benz, Usedom Island, Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, Germany, Europe

832-45097 - Equestrian statue of King William II, Koning Willem II, Den Haag, The Hague, Holland, Netherlands, Benelux, Europe

832-40340 - Canal and the Cheese Museum, De Waag, former Weigh House, Alkmaar, North Holland, Holland, Netherlands, Europe

832-40341 - Fisherman's house at Zuiderzeemuseum, Enkhuizen, North Holland, Holland, Netherlands, Europe

832-40353 - Windmill and house in Zaanse Schans open-air museum, Zaanstad, North Holland, Holland, Netherlands, Europe

832-40339 - Cheese Museum, De Waag, former Weigh House, Alkmaar, North Holland, Holland, Netherlands, Europe

816-3865 - Fort Amsterdam in Willemstad, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Curacao, ABC Islands, Netherlands Antilles, Caribbean, Central America

816-3860 - Fort Amsterdam in Willemstad, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Curacao, ABC Islands, Netherlands Antilles, Caribbean, Central America

483-1555 - Dutch Reformed church dating from 1841, Franschhoek, The Wine Route, Cape Province, South Africa, Africa

238-5354 - Illustration of suttee, suicide of an Indian wife on her husband's funeral pyre, illustration from the Itinerario of Jan Huygen van Linschoten, the 16th century Dutch traveller, India, Asia

796-150 - Fort Beekenburg, Caracas Bay, Curacao, Netherlands Antilles, West Indies, Caribbean, Central America

739-921 - Kinderdijk windmills, Holland, Europe

739-911 - Kinderdijk windmills, Holland, Europe

462-2322 - Westerkerk Church, built in 1631, Amsterdam, Netherlands, Europe

462-2323 - Westerkerk Church, built in 1631, Amsterdam, Netherlands, Europe

462-2324 - Statue of Anne Frank outside Westerkerk church, Amsterdam, Netherlands, Europe

462-2325 - Westerkerk and the Prinsengracht canal, Amsterdam, Netherlands, Europe

462-2333 - Zuiderkerk church, Amsterdam, Netherlands, Europe

462-2334 - The Munttoren (Mint Tower) on the Amstel River, Amsterdam, Netherlands, Europe