Natuurhistorisch Museum Rotterdam

The Natuurhistorisch Museum Rotterdam is a natural history museum located in Rotterdam, Netherlands. The museum opened in 1927. It had 44,009 visitors in 2015.

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Opening hours: Tuesday—Sunday 11:00 AM—5:00 PM
Type: Museum
Description: museum in Rotterdam, the Netherlands
Also known as: “Natural History Museum Rotterdam”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Kunsthal and Museumpark.

Kunsthal

Museum

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The Kunsthal is an art space in Rotterdam, the Netherlands. It opened in 1992.

Museumpark

Park

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Museumpark is an urban park in Rotterdam, Netherlands, located between the Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, Westersingel, Westzeedijk and the complex of the Erasmus MC, a medical centre affiliated with the Erasmus University.

Municipal Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen is an art museum in Rotterdam in the Netherlands. The name of the museum is derived from its two most important donors, Frans Jacob Otto Boijmans and Daniël George van Beuningen. Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen is situated 400 metres north of Natuurhistorisch Museum Rotterdam.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Dijkzigt and Scheepvaartkwartier.

Dijkzigt

Neighborhood

Dijkzigt is a neighborhood of Rotterdam, Netherlands.

Scheepvaartkwartier

Neighborhood

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The Scheepvaartkwartier or Nieuwe Werk is a neighborhood located on the banks of the Nieuwe Maas river in Rotterdam, the Netherlands. The Scheepvaartkwartier is among the top 20 wealthiest neighborhoods in the Netherlands.

Cool

Quarter

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Cool is a neighborhood of Rotterdam, Netherlands in the Centrum borough. It is enclosed by the Weena in the north, the Mauritsweg and Eendrachtsweg in the west, Vasteland in the south and the Coolsingel and Schiedamse Vest in the east.

Natuurhistorisch Museum Rotterdam

Categories: building, tourism, and tourist attraction
Location: Rotterdam, Rotterdam-The Hague Metropolitan Region, South Holland, Western Netherlands, Netherlands, Benelux, Europe
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Latitude

51.91077° or 51° 54′ 39″ north

Longitude

4.47247° or 4° 28′ 21″ east

Elevation

6 metres (20 feet)

Inception

1890

Height

14 metres (46 feet)

Wheelchair access

yes

Open location code

9F36WF6C+8X

OpenStreetMap ID

way 54083034

OpenStreetMap feature

building=yes

OpenStreetMap feature

tourism=museum

GeoNames ID

7911133

Wikidata ID

Q3311591

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In Other Languages

From Armenian to Spanish—“Natuurhistorisch Museum Rotterdam” goes by many names.

Armenian: “Բնական պատմության թանգարան (Ռոտերդամ)”
Armenian: “Բնական պատմության թանգարան”
Chinese: “自然史博物館”
Chinese: “鹿特丹自然史博物館”
Chinese: “鹿特丹自然史博物馆”
Dutch: “Natuurhistorisch Museum Rotterdam”
French: “musée d’histoire naturelle de Rotterdam”
French: “Musée d’histoire naturelle de Rotterdam”
German: “Natuurhistorisch Museum Rotterdam”
Italian: “Museo di storia naturale (Rotterdam)”
Italian: “Museo di storia naturale”
Russian: “Музей естественной истории (Роттердам)”
Russian: “Музей естественной истории”
Spanish: “Museo de Historia Natural de Roterdam”
Spanish: “Museo de Historia Natural de Róterdam”

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