Natural History Museum Rotterdam

Natural History Museum Rotterdam
Natuurhistorisch Museum Rotterdam
	The Natuurhistorisch Museum in 2010
	Location in Rotterdam
Established	1927
Location	Westzeedijk 345; Rotterdam, Netherlands
Coordinates	51°54′39″N 4°28′21″E / 51.9108°N 4.4725°E
Type	Natural history museum
Collection size	400,000 objects
Visitors	44,009 (2015)
Director	Kees Moeliker
Curator	Bram Langeveld
Public transit access	Kievitslaan (tram line 8); Museumpark (tram line 20)
Website	www.hetnatuurhistorisch.nl

The Natuurhistorisch Museum Rotterdam (Dutch pronunciation: [naːˈtyːrɦɪsˌtoːris myˈzeːjʏm ˌrɔtərˈdɑm]; English: Natural History Museum Rotterdam) 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.^[4]

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.^[2]

Administration

Kees Moeliker has been the museum director since 2015.^[5] Bram Langeveld has been the museum curator since 2016.^[6]

The museum had 37,814 visitors in 2012^[7] and 44,009 in 2015.^[2]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c Adres, route, parkeren (in Dutch), Natuurhistorisch Museum Rotterdam. Retrieved 19 June 2013.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Het Natuurhistorisch jaarverslag 2015 (in Dutch), Natuurhistorisch Museum Rotterdam, 2016. Retrieved 15 Juli 2016.
^ ^a ^b Organisatie (in Dutch), Natuurhistorisch Museum Rotterdam. Retrieved 15 July 2016.
^ Natuurhistorisch Museum Rotterdam (in Dutch), Municipal Archive of Rotterdam. Retrieved 16 July 2016.
^ Lucas Brouwers, "Een eend heeft mij op de kaart gezet" (in Dutch), NRC Handelsblad, 2015. Retrieved 15 July 2016.
^ Saloua Ousseur, "Jonge conservator verfrist Natuurhistorisch museum" (in Dutch), Metro, 2016. Retrieved 15 July 2016.
^ Bijna 38.000 bezoekers in 2012 (in Dutch), Natuurhistorisch Museum Rotterdam, 2013. Retrieved 19 June 2013.