The Wereldmuseum Rotterdam (formerly known as the Museum voor Land- en Volkenkunde) is an
ethnographic
Ethnography is a branch of anthropology and the systematic study of individual cultures. It explores cultural phenomena from the point of view of the subject of the study. Ethnography is also a type of social research that involves examining ...
museum, situated at Willemskade in Rotterdam, the
Netherlands
, Terminology of the Low Countries, informally Holland, is a country in Northwestern Europe, with Caribbean Netherlands, overseas territories in the Caribbean. It is the largest of the four constituent countries of the Kingdom of the Nether ...
.
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
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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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