The Wereldmuseum Rotterdam (formerly known as the Museum voor Land- en Volkenkunde) is an ethnographic museum, situated at Willemskade in Rotterdam, the Netherlands.
Location within Rotterdam in the Netherlands | |
Former name | Museum voor Land- en Volkenkunde |
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Established | 1 May 1885[2] |
Location | Willemskade 25[1] Rotterdam, Netherlands |
Coordinates | 51°54′28″N 4°28′49″E / 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.