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Early Photo Collages and Photomontages

At a time when image manipulation using AI is attracting widespread attention, this exhibition demonstrates that altering images is nothing new – from the very beginnings of photography, images were being altered using scissors and glue.

Featuring more than 50 historical photographic images from the museum’s own collection, the exhibition shows how photo manipulation developed from the birth of the medium up to the Second World War – and reveals the motives behind it.

Thanks

The photography collection of the Rijksmuseum has been established with the generous support of partners, and private and institutional benefactors.

FAKE!
6 February to 25 May 2026 
Photography gallery

PRICES

A visit starts with a start time

  • Adults: € 25
  • Free for 18 and under
  • Free for ICOM
  • Free for Friends

ADDRESS

Museumstraat 1
1071 XX Amsterdam

ACCESSIBILITY

Wheelchair access
Lifts on every floor
Guide dogs allowed

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CASHLESS

In the whole museum you can only pay with a digital payment method or credit card.

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Taking our Geese to market (exaggeration) Taking our Geese to market (exaggeration)

Taking our Geese to market, Martin Post Card Company, 1908. Purchase 2019

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Nebraska Vegetables Nebraska Vegetables

Nebraska Vegetables

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Mimikry, Arbeiter-Illustrierte-Zeitung (A-I-Z), 19 april 1934, John Heartfield, pseudonym of Helmut Herzfeld (1891-1968), 1934. Purchase 2025

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Car flying over Mulberry Bend Park, New York, Theodor Eismann (publisher), before 1908. Purchase 2025

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'Beheading', F.M, Hotchkiss, c. 1880-1900. Purchase 2025

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