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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.
Wereldmuseum Leiden (voorheen Museum Volkenkunde) is sinds 1837 een Nederlands rijksmuseum in Leiden. In 1937 werd het gevestigd in een monumentaal gebouwencomplex aan de rand van het stadscentrum. Dat deed daarvoor dienst als academisch ziekenhuis. Sinds 2013 is het museum onderdeel van het Nationaal Museum van Wereldculturen .
The Wereldmuseum Leiden (previously Museum Volkenkunde) has a long history. Founded in 1837 as the Rijks Japansch Museum Von Siebold (National Japanese Museum Von Siebold), it is one of the oldest ethnographic museums in the world.
The library of Museum Volkenkunde has a collection of almost 60,000 books, more than 1,000 series of magazines (of which about 100 are still running), pamphlets and maps. Everyone is welcome to consult this collection, but lending is unfortunately not possible.
Het museum is open van dinsdag t/m zondag van 10.00 tot 17.00 uur. Het museum is tijdens schoolvakanties en op verschillende feestdagen ook op maandag geopend. Extra geopend op de volgende maandagen: Voorjaarsvakantie: 12 februari en 19 februari 2024. Pasen: 1 april 2024.
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Wereldmuseum Leiden, a national museum, has been located since 1935 in the former Leiden academic hospital, a 19th-century monumental building complex. The museum originated from the National Ethnographic Museum, which opened in 1837 and is one of the oldest ethnological museums in the world.
Museum Volkenkunde is a museum about people housed in a historic building just five minutes' walk from Leiden's central station. A huge totem pole greets visitors as they enter the museum through the garden. Museum Volkenkunde presents regularly changing exhibitions and its permanent display features objects from eight different cultural regions.
