Wereldmuseum Leiden

Wereldmuseum Leiden is a Rijksmuseum in the located in the university city of . As of 2014, the museum, along with , in Amsterdam, and Wereldmuseum Rotterdam, together make up the National Museum of World Cultures.
leiden.wereldmuseum.nl
volkenkunde.nl
+31 88 004 2800
Wikipedia
Photo: Sneeuwvlakte, CC BY-SA 4.0.
  • Opening hours:
    Tuesday—Sunday: 10:00 AM—5:00 PM
    January 1st, April 27th, and December 25th: closed
  • Type: Museum
  • Description: museum in Leiden
  • Also known as: “Museum voor Volkenkunde”, “National Museum of Ethnology”, “National Museum of Ethnology (Netherlands)”, and “Volkenkunde museum”
  • Address: Steenstraat 1, Leiden, 2312BS
  • Wheelchair access: yes

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Morschpoort, Leiden and Leiden Centraal railway station.

City gate
Photo: Erik Zachte, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a city gate, which is situated 140 metres south of Wereldmuseum Leiden.

Railway station
Photo: W. Bulach, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Leiden Centraal is the main railway station in , a university city in the . In 2019, it was the nation's sixth-busiest station in terms of passenger numbers, with 82,689 daily passengers. is situated 330 metres north of Wereldmuseum Leiden.

Museum
Photo: Goodness Shamrock, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The 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. is situated 580 metres south of Wereldmuseum Leiden.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include D’Oude Morsch and Pieterswijk.

Neighborhood
Photo: Xsandriel, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a neighborhood.

Neighborhood
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is a neighborhood.

Quarter
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is a quarter.

Wereldmuseum Leiden

Latitude
52.16331° or 52° 9′ 48″ north
Longitude
4.48244° or 4° 28′ 57″ east
Operator
National Museum of World Cultures
Open location code
9F465F7J+8X
Open­Street­Map ID
node 12120355366
Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­museum
Open­Street­Map attribute
wheelchair=­yes
Wiki­data ID
Q17339437
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In Other Languages

From Armenian to Urdu—“Wereldmuseum Leiden” goes by many names.
  • Armenian: “Ազգաբանության ազգային թանգարան”
  • Balinese: “Museum Volkenkunde”
  • Balinese: “Wereldmuseum Leiden”
  • Chinese: “国立民族学博物馆”
  • Chinese: “國立民族學博物館”
  • Chinese: “荷兰国立民族学博物馆”
  • Dutch: “‘s Rijks Ethnographisch Museum”
  • Dutch: “Museum voor Volkenkunde”
  • Dutch: “Rijksmuseum voor Volkenkunde”
  • Dutch: “Wereldmuseum Leiden”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “المتحف الوطنى للاثنولوجيا”
  • Esperanto: “Muzeo de Etnologio de Leiden”
  • Esperanto: “Wereldmuseum Leiden”
  • French: “musée d’ethnologie de Leyde”
  • French: “Musée d’ethnologie de Leyde”
  • French: “Wereldmuseum Leiden”
  • German: “Reichsmuseum für Völkerkunde”
  • German: “Wereldmuseum Leiden”
  • Indonesian: “Museum Volkenkunde”
  • Indonesian: “Wereldmuseum Leiden”
  • Japanese: “国立世界文化博物館”
  • Japanese: “国立民族学博物館”
  • Korean: “국립민족학박물관”
  • Korean: “민족학 박물관”
  • Persian: “ویریلدموزئوم لیدن”
  • Russian: “Национальный музей этнологии”
  • Spanish: “Museo de Etnología de Leiden”
  • Spanish: “Wereldmuseum Leiden”
  • Ukrainian: “Volkenkunde”
  • Ukrainian: “Державний музей етнології”
  • Ukrainian: “Національний музей етнології”
  • Urdu: “نیشنل میوزیم آف ایتھنولوجی”
  • “Wereldmuseum Leiden”

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