![]() Werldmuseum Leiden | |
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Former name | The National Museum of Ethnology in Leiden, Museum Volkenkunde |
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Established | 1837 |
Location | Leiden, Netherlands |
Coordinates | 52°09′47″N 4°28′57″E / 52.163056°N 4.4825°E |
Visitors | 76,315 (2008) |
Director | Wayne Modest & Marieke van Bommel |
Website | https://leiden.wereldmuseum.nl/ |
Wereldmuseum Leiden (also 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.