At the locations of the Wereldmuseum, you will learn more about how people live worldwide and how people are shaped by the world. Past and present. Because with more knowledge of the relationship between past and present, you can better understand the world of today. The Wereldmuseum encourages thinking about what it means to be human. What is our connection with the world around us? How do we relate to each other?
Wereldmuseum Rotterdam
As a major port city, Rotterdam played an important role in the infrastructure of imperial and global movements of people, objects, and ideas. This identity is reflected at the Wereldmuseum Rotterdam through exhibitions and programming about the many people, histories, and cultures that shape and create the world. Themes such as migration and mobility, as well as craftsmanship, materiality, and globalization, are evident in exhibitions like Colonialism and Rotterdam and HA!R POWER.