Wereldmuseum

Wereldmuseum

Museum building in the center of Rotterdam
Location within Rotterdam in the Netherlands
Former name	Museum voor Land- en Volkenkunde
Established	1 May 1885 (1885-05-01)
Location	Willemskade 25 Rotterdam, Netherlands
Coordinates	51°54′28″N 4°28′49″E / 51.9079°N 4.4804°E / 51.9079; 4.4804Coordinates: 51°54′28″N 4°28′49″E / 51.9079°N 4.4804°E / 51.9079; 4.4804
Type	Ethnographic museum
Visitors	130,000 (2010)
Director	Stanley Bremer
Website	www.wereldmuseum.nl

The Wereldmuseum Rotterdam (formerly known as the Museum voor Land- en Volkenkunde) is an ethnographic museum, situated Willemskade in Rotterdam, Netherlands.

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.