South Holland
Rotterdam-The Hague Metropolitan Region
Rotterdam

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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  • Opening hours:
    Tuesday—Friday: 10:00 AM—5:00 PM
    Saturday—Sunday: 11:00 AM—5:00 PM
  • Email: info@wereldmuseum.nl
  • Type: Museum
  • Description: museum about historic and modern cultures in the Dutch city of Rotterdam
  • Also known as: “Wereldmuseum”
  • Address: Willemskade 25, Rotterdam, 3016DM

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Erasmusbrug and Calandmonument.

Bridge
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The is a combined cable-stayed and bascule bridge. Construction began in 1986 and was completed in 1996. It crosses the in the centre of , connecting the north and south parts of this city, second largest in . is situated 450 metres northeast of Wereldmuseum Rotterdam.

Monument
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Museum
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Municipal is an art museum in in the . The name of the museum is derived from its two most important donors, Frans Jacob Otto Boijmans and Daniël George van Beuningen. is situated 1 km northwest of Wereldmuseum Rotterdam.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Scheepvaartkwartier and Wilhelminapier.

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

Neighborhood
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is a neighborhood.

Quarter
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is a neighbourhood of , on the south bank of the . It is located between the Rijnhaven and the Maashaven. was a separate municipality from 1817 to 1874, when it merged with .

Wereldmuseum Rotterdam

Latitude
51.90788° or 51° 54′ 28″ north
Longitude
4.4805° or 4° 28′ 50″ east
Elevation
8 metres (26 feet)
Inception
1885
Operator
National Museum of World Cultures
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”
  • 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”
  • Russian: “Всемирный музей”
  • Slovenian: “Svetovni muzej Rotterdam”
  • Slovenian: “Wereldmuseum Rotterdam”
  • Slovenian: “Wereldmuseum”
  • Spanish: “Wereldmuseum Rotterdam”
  • Spanish: “Wereldmuseum”
  • Ukrainian: “Світовий музей Роттердама”
  • “Wereldmuseum Rotterdam”

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