The Wereldmuseum Rotterdam (formerly known as the Museum voor Land- en Volkenkunde) is an
ethnographic
Ethnography (from Greek ''ethnos'' "folk, people, nation" and ''grapho'' "I write") is a branch of anthropology and the systematic study of individual cultures. Ethnography explores cultural phenomena from the point of view of the subject ...
museum, situated at Willemskade in Rotterdam, the
Netherlands
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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.
See also
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Nationaal Museum van Wereldculturen
The (NMVW) () is an overarching museum organisation for the management of several ethnographic museums in the Netherlands, founded in 2014. It consists of the Tropenmuseum () in Amsterdam, the Afrika Museum in Berg en Dal, and the Museum Volk ...
References
External links
Wereldmuseum official website
1883 establishments in the Netherlands
Art museums and galleries in the Netherlands
Ethnographic museums in the Netherlands
Museums established in 1883
Museums in Rotterdam
Rijksmonuments in Rotterdam
Asian art museums in the Netherlands
19th-century architecture in the Netherlands
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