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Rijksmuseum van Oudheden

The Rijksmuseum van Oudheden is the national archaeological of the , located in . It grew out of the collection of Leiden University and still closely co-operates with its Faculty of Archaeology.
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  • Opening hours: 10:00 AM—5:00 PM
  • Email: info@rmo.nl
  • Type: Museum
  • Description: national archaeological museum of the Netherlands
  • Also known as: “National Museum of Antiquities”
  • Address: Rapenburg 28, Leiden, 2311EW
  • Wheelchair access: yes

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Bibliotheca Thysiana and SieboldHuis.

Library
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The was erected in 1655 to house the book collection of the lawyer Johannes Thysius. Upon his early death, he left a legacy of 20,000 guilders for the building of a public library with a custodian's dwelling. is situated 110 metres northwest of Rijksmuseum van Oudheden.

Museum
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Japan Museum is a museum located at the Rapenburg in Leiden, Netherlands. It displays items that were collected by Philipp Franz von Siebold between 1823 and 1829 during his stay at , the Dutch trade colony nearby in Japan. is situated 150 metres northwest of Rijksmuseum van Oudheden.

Library
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Leiden University Libraries is the set of libraries of Leiden University, founded in 1575 in , Netherlands. Holdings include some five million volumes, one million e-books, ninety thousand e-journals, two thousand current paper journals, and three thousand cuneiform tablets. is situated 310 metres west of Rijksmuseum van Oudheden.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Pieterswijk and Binnenstad.

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Rijksmuseum van Oudheden

Latitude
52.15844° or 52° 9′ 30″ north
Longitude
4.48562° or 4° 29′ 8″ east
Elevation
6 metres (20 feet)
Inception
1818
Open location code
9F465F5P+96
Open­Street­Map ID
node 3073226253
Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­museum
Open­Street­Map attribute
wheelchair=­yes
Geo­Names ID
6950790
Wiki­data ID
Q1860378
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Western Frisian—“Rijksmuseum van Oudheden” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “المتحف الوطني للآثار”
  • Armenian: “Լեյդենի թանգարան”
  • Catalan: “Museu d’antiguitats de Leiden”
  • Chinese: “国立古物博物馆”
  • Chinese: “國立古物博物館”
  • Chinese: “荷兰国立古物博物馆”
  • Danish: “Rijksmuseum van Oudheden”
  • Dutch: “Rijksmuseum van Oudheden”
  • Dutch: “Rijksmuseum voor Oudheden”
  • Dutch: “RMO”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “المتحف الوطنى للآثار”
  • Esperanto: “Muzeo de Antikvaĵoj de Leiden”
  • French: “musée national des Antiquités”
  • French: “Rijksmuseum van Oudheden”
  • German: “Reichsmuseum der Altertümer”
  • German: “Rijksmuseum van Oudheden”
  • Italian: “Rijksmuseum van Oudheden”
  • Japanese: “ライデン国立古代博物館”
  • Japanese: “国立古代博物館”
  • Persian: “موزه ملی آثار باستانی”
  • Romanian: “Muzeul Național de Antichități din Leiden”
  • Romanian: “Rijksmuseum van Oudheden”
  • Russian: “Лейденский музей”
  • Spanish: “Museo de antigüedades de Leiden”
  • Swedish: “Rijksmuseum van Oudheden”
  • Ukrainian: “Лейденський музей”
  • Western Frisian: “Ryksmuseum fan Aldheden”

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Rijksmuseum van Oudheden”. Photo: Goodness Shamrock, CC BY-SA 3.0.