National Museum of Ethnology

I was here in December 2015 for the first time in my life, and was flabbergasted about the wealth of displays. Pity I ran out of power due to the fact I already had spent a lot of time in another museum, otherwise I could have published ten times as many pictures. Beautiful!

Museum full of probably stolen art from counties colonized by the Netherlands in the past with little to none background information about it, a lot in English as well but also some things in Dutch only. The day I was there it was nicely and respectful silent in the Indonesia area when suddenly a guy started playing a trompet really loud and for a long time, really didn’t feel appropriate in the setting and atmosphere. I hope there will adjust in different ways, comes over pretty lazy.

Managed to visit the museum just before the lockdown. It is located just near the Leiden central, 7 minutes walk from the station. Across the museum is the windmill, a beautiful touristic spot to take a picture at. The museum has 2 floors of a wide range of exhibits. I needed one and a half hour to explore the first floor. Decided to save the second floor’s exhibits for the next visit. Staffs in the reception were friendly, showing us which part to visit first. There’s a locker and hanger to save our coats and belongings which I find very important every time I go to a museum. Overall, great museum!

Nice museum, lots of info about cultures from all over the world. However there's a lot to read but it's not really interactive. Would have been nice if it was more interactive. After a while I just can't read anymore 😅

Amazing objects brought from all over the world. I enjoyed all the little details, looking at these marvellous objects. Def going back there, because 1.5 hours that we had was not enough!