Wereldmuseum Amsterdam
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The Wereldmuseum Amsterdam (known as Tropenmuseum (English: Museum of the Tropics) between 1950 and 2023) is an ethnographic museum located in Amsterdam, Netherlands, founded in 1864.[1]
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Established | 1864 (1864) |
Location | Linnaeusstraat 2, Amsterdam, Netherlands |
Coordinates | 52.362692°N 4.922517°E / 52.362692; 4.922517 |
Type | Anthropological museum |
Collection size | 340,000 objects and photographs |
Visitors | 197,000 visitors (2010) |
Founder | Frederick van Eeden |
Director | Wayne Modest & Marieke van Bommel |
Public transit access | Alexanderplein GVB tram lines 9, 10, 14 |
Website | amsterdam.wereldmuseum.nl |
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The Wereldmuseum is one of the largest museums in Amsterdam; it accommodates permanent exhibitions and an ongoing series of temporary exhibitions, including contemporary, modern and traditional visual arts and photographic works. The museum is part of the Nationaal Museum van Wereldculturen (Museum of World Cultures), a combination of three ethnographic museums in the Netherlands.[2]