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Wereldmuseum Leiden (formerly known as Museum Volkenkunde), is a Rijksmuseum in the Netherlands located in the university city of Leiden. As of 2014, the museum, along with Wereldmuseum Amsterdam, in Amsterdam, and Wereldmuseum Rotterdam, together make up the National Museum of World Cultures.
Rijksmuseum (Dutch, 'state museum') is the general name for a national museum in the Dutch language. When only "Rijksmuseum" is used, it usually refers to the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam . Current and former Rijksmusea in the Netherlands include the following:
Museum Volkenkunde (ethnology) Museum Het Leids Wevershuis; Wagenmakersmuseum; Closed. Het Koninklijk Penningkabinet (now the Geldmuseum in Utrecht) Rijksmuseum van Geologie en Mineralogie (collection is included in Naturalis) Rijksmuseum van Natuurlijke Historie (collection is included in Naturalis)
The Dutch National Museum of World Cultures (NMVW) was founded in 2014 by a merger of the Tropenmuseum in Amsterdam, the Museum Volkenkunde in Leiden and the Afrika Museum in Berg en Dal. It also oversees the Wereldmuseum in Rotterdam, whose collection belongs to that city. According to the museum's webpage, these collections contain "nearly ...
National Museum of Ethnology, Rijksmuseum Volkenkunde, Leiden (The Netherlands) URL: Virtual Collection of Asian Masterpieces: Commercial: no: Launched: 13 September ...
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