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N°III 2024   MuseoMag 
COLLECTION 
6.200 m2. The opening of the Musée Dräi Eechelen 
added 1.200 m2 of space to tell the story of Luxem- 
bourg’s fortress in over 500 objects. 
However, that still means that most of the objects 
in the museum’s collection have to be stored at the 
depot. The exact number of objects in the collection 
is difficult to determine at present because the ob- 
jects haven’t all been added to our digital inventory 
yet. We estimate that there are around 300.000 ob- 
jects in total – which would correspond, on average, 
to the acquisition of around 1.600 objects per year 
since 1845. Around 6.000 of these objects are cur- 
rently on show at the Nationalmusée um Fëschmaart 
and around 600 at the Musée Dräi Eechelen. That’s 
only 2.2% of the entire collection. 
The limits of space do not apply to the internet 
though, so digitising objects and adding them to our 
online platform MNAHA Collections, therefore, gives 
you precious access to objects that would otherwise 
remain unseen until selected to be featured in an 
exhibition. Each month, we highlight one of them in 
a special section on our platform called Gems from 
the depot. They can be objects the members of 
the digitisation department are especially excited 
to have in the collection (like our May object) or 
ones that fit events happening that month (Public 
Domain Day in January, Péckvillercher in April, 
spooky objects in October…). You’re bound to disco- 
ver something new each month. 
Edurne Kugeler