The (; ) is a natural history museum located in Rotterdam, Netherlands.
The museum opened in 1927. It had 44,009 visitors in 2015.
History In 1922, the Rotterdam section of the Nederlandsche Natuurhistorische Vereeniging (Dutch Natural History Association) founded the Vereeniging tot Oprichting en Instandhouding van een Natuurhistorisch Museum (Association for Establishing and Maintaining a Natural History Museum). In 1927, the Natuurhistorisch Museum (Natural History Museum) opened.Natuurhistorisch Museum Rotterdam (in Dutch), Municipal Archive of Rotterdam. Retrieved 16 July 2016.
Location The museum is located in Villa Dijkzigt at the Museumpark, close to the Kunsthal and Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen.
The villa dates from 1852 and was originally built by J. F. Metzelaar for the Van Hoboken family. In 1995 it was extended with a modern glazed pavilion which was designed by the Dutch architect Erick van Egeraat.
The museum includes a shop and a library.
Collection The museum has a collection of an estimated 400,000 objects of which 253,119 objects are registered.
Administration Kees Moeliker has been the museum director since 2015.Lucas Brouwers, "Een eend heeft mij op de kaart gezet" (in Dutch), NRC Handelsblad, 2015. Retrieved 15 July 2016. Bram Langeveld has been the museum curator since 2016.Saloua Ousseur, "Jonge conservator verfrist Natuurhistorisch museum" (in Dutch), Metro, 2016. Retrieved 15 July 2016.
The museum had 37,814 visitors in 2012Bijna 38.000 bezoekers in 2012 (in Dutch), Natuurhistorisch Museum Rotterdam, 2013. Retrieved 19 June 2013. and 44,009 in 2015.
References
External links
Natuurhistorisch Museum Rotterdam, official website