OPIUM – THE STATE AS DEALER

Heroin, morphine, oxycodone… most of us have heard about opiates at one time or another. But have you ever heard what role the Dutch state played in this shadowy world of opium trafficking? What this trade brought to the state treasury? And how opium became such an addictive drug? Discover how the Netherlands built an opium empire with far-reaching consequences at the Tax & Customs Museum.

Step into this world of OPIUM during Museumnacht010! Go back in time with us: all the way from the 17th century poppy fields on Java, the early 20th century sailors’ quarter Katendrecht to the rough world and heroin epidemic of Perron Nul during the eighties and nineties. This night at the Tax & Customs Museum, you’ll discover and experience a piece of history you’ve never heard of before. Get into higher spheres with psychedelic beats, capture the evening with your friends on film and in ink, and above all: unravel the role of the state as dealer. See you there?