The Museum Rotterdam, until 2011 called the Historical Museum Rotterdam, is a museum about the history of
Rotterdam
Rotterdam ( , , , lit. ''The Dam on the River Rotte'') is the second largest city and municipality in the Netherlands. It is in the province of South Holland, part of the North Sea mouth of the Rhine–Meuse–Scheldt delta, via the ''"Ne ...
located at the Coolhaven.
History
In 1905 the museum was opened to the public as the Museum of Antiquities located at the
Schielandshuis. In 1948 it was renamed the Historical Museum Rotterdam with the explicit purpose to preserve, describe and inventory objects related to urban history.
In 2011 the museum was renamed Museum Rotterdam, with the aim to exhibit Rotterdam as a contemporary transnational city in past and present sense.
[Edwin Ruis.]
Het nieuwe Museum Rotterdam
" ''Historiek.net.'' 5 February 2016. In 2016 it was located in the
Timmerhuis designed by
Rem Koolhaas in the city center, with a second location at the Coolhaven, called ''Museum Rotterdam '40-'45 NU.''
Due to an ongoing reorganization in 2020 the Museum Rotterdam was relocated in the location at the Coolhaven.
Collection
The museum has a collection ranging from household objects, such as ceramic tiles, furniture, kitchenware and tableware to textiles, clothing, hand fans, handbags, jewellery and coats of arms. Also needleworks, weaponry, tools and tobacco. And also from coins and medals, playing cards, board games to glassware, tins to books, paintings, photographs to sculptures and maquettes. All related to Rotterdam.
References
External links
Museum Rotterdam official website
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1905 establishments in the Netherlands
History museums in the Netherlands
Local museums in the Netherlands
Museums established in 1905
Museums in Rotterdam