Wereldmuseum Rotterdam
Ethnographic museum in Rotterdam, Netherlands
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The Wereldmuseum Rotterdam (formerly known as the Museum voor Land- en Volkenkunde) is an ethnographic museum, situated at Willemskade in Rotterdam, the Netherlands.
Former name
Museum voor Land- en VolkenkundeEstablished1 May 1885[1]
Museum building in the center of Rotterdam | |
  Location within Rotterdam in the Netherlands | |
Former name | Museum voor Land- en Volkenkunde |
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| Established | 1 May 1885[1] |
| Location | Willemskade 25[2] Rotterdam, Netherlands |
| Coordinates | 51.9079°N 4.4804°E |
| Type | Ethnographic museum |
| Visitors | 130,000 (2010)[3] |
| Director | Wayne Modest & Marieke van Bommel |
| Website | www |
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.
