- Rotterdam
The exhibition shows how the global legacy of colonialism permeates the city and where local, national, and international histories converge. Five different themes depict city history in relation to world histories and provide examples of how the past continues to impact the present every day.
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World Museum Rotterdam: Entry Ticket
World Museum Rotterdam
In the new World Museum, visitors are introduced to a contemporary museum in which Rotterdam's own impressive collection plays a central role. For the Wereldmuseum is a museum for and by the people of Rotterdam.
A collection that comprises more than 83,000 objects; objects that have been brought together by the people of Rotterdam since the 19th century. It is precisely in this super-diverse city that the museum, with its world-renowned collection, can play a connecting role. The World Museum shows that, apart from the differences, we are all the same: human.