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Rijksmuseum van Oudheden

national archaeological museum of the Netherlands

  • TypeMuseums
  • WhereLeiden, The Netherlands
  • AddressRapenburg 28
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About Rijksmuseum van Oudheden

The Rijksmuseum van Oudheden (English: National Museum of Antiquities) is the national archaeological museum of the Netherlands, located in Leiden. It grew out of the collection of Leiden University and still closely co-operates with its Faculty of Archaeology. The museum calls itself "the national centre for archaeology" and focuses on ancient Egypt, the ancient Near East, the classical world of Greece, Etruria and Rome and the early (prehistoric, Roman and Medieval) Netherlands.

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Built
1818
Visitors a year
210,000 (2014)
Opening hours
10:00-17:00 from OpenStreetMap; check before you go
Official website
rmo.nl
Leiden