Wereldmuseum Rotterdam

The Wereldmuseum Rotterdam is an ethnographic museum, situated at Willemskade in Rotterdam, the . The museum was founded in 1883 and shows more than 1800 ethnographic objects from various cultures in Asia, Oceania, Africa, the Americas and the Islamic heritage.
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  • Museum
  • …lies at an elevation of around 10 metres (30 feet)
  • …is also known as “Wereldmuseum”
  • …is operated by National Museum of World Cultures
  • …dates from 1885
  • Opening hours:
    Tuesday–Friday: 10:00 AM–5:00 PM
    Saturday–Sunday: 11:00 AM–5:00 PM
  • Description: museum about historic and modern cultures in the Dutch city of Rotterdam
  • Address: Willemskade 25, Rotterdam, 3016DM
  • Email: info@wereldmuseum.nl

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Erasmusbrug and Calandmonument.
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Bridge
The is a combined cable-stayed and bascule bridge. is situated 450 metres northeast of Wereldmuseum Rotterdam.
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Monument
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Museum
Municipal is an art museum in in the . is situated 1 km northwest of Wereldmuseum Rotterdam.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Scheepvaartkwartier and Wilhelminapier.
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Neighborhood
The or Nieuwe Werk…
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Neighborhood
is a neighborhood.
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Quarter
is a neighbourhood of , on the south bank of the .

Wereldmuseum Rotterdam

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Latitude
51.90788° or 51° 54′ 28″ north
Longitude
4.4805° or 4° 28′ 50″ east
Open location code
9F36WF5J+55
Open­Street­Map ID
node 34050614
Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­museum
Geo­Names ID
7911135
Wiki­data ID
Q2042754

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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Ukrainian—“Wereldmuseum Rotterdam” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “متحف العالم في روتردام”
  • Belarusian: “Сусьветны музэй Ратэрдаму”
  • Belarusian: “Сусьветны музэй”
  • Central Kurdish: “مۆرەخانەی جیھانیی ڕووەتەردام”
  • Chinese: “世界博物館”
  • Chinese: “世界博物馆”
  • Dutch: “Museum voor Land- en Volkenkunde”
  • Dutch: “Wereldmuseum Rotterdam”
  • Esperanto: “Mondmuzeo de Roterdamo”
  • French: “musée du monde”
  • French: “Wereldmuseum Rotterdam”
  • German: “Wereldmuseum Rotterdam”
  • Hebrew: “המוזיאון העולמי ברוטרדם”
  • Hebrew: “מוזיאון העולם ברוטרדם”
  • Indonesian: “Wereldmuseum Rotterdam”
  • Indonesian: “Wereldmuseum”
  • Japanese: “Wereldmuseum”
  • Japanese: “ロッテルダム世界博物館”
  • Japanese: “世界文化博物館”
  • Korean: “로테르담 세계 박물관”
  • Russian: “Всемирный музей”
  • Slovenian: “Svetovni muzej Rotterdam”
  • Slovenian: “Wereldmuseum Rotterdam”
  • Slovenian: “Wereldmuseum”
  • Spanish: “Wereldmuseum Rotterdam”
  • Spanish: “Wereldmuseum”
  • Ukrainian: “Світовий музей Роттердама”

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