Museum · Leiden · Updated on 1 November 2026.
Wereldmuseum Leiden is a museum in Leiden, South Holland. This place has an audio tour of 2:12, in English or Dutch. 15 of the 50 well-known points of interest nearby are within 1 km. Within 260 m you find a bench, a water point and a public toilet.
Audio tour · Wereldmuseum Leiden
2:12
You're standing outside Wereldmuseum Leiden, known until 2023 as Museum Volkenkunde, the Museum of Ethnology. Take a look at this stately complex on the edge of the old town. You wouldn't guess it, but this was once the university hospital. The museum moved into these buildings in 1937.
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Source: OpenStreetMap and Wikidata.
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Yes, according to OpenStreetMap it is wheelchair accessible.
Yes: a water point at 180 m and a public toilet at 260 m.
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