‘40 - ‘45 NOW
Rotterdam was bombed more than eighty years ago, but the aftershock still reverberates through our city. The unique experience at Museum Rotterdam ’40-’45 NU transports you back in time, to the Rotterdam of May 1940. Personal stories, intense images and dramatic sound immerse you in the moment. How does it feel when your life turns upside down in seconds – to see your home and city turned to rubble?
MUSEUM ROTTERDAM
'40-'45 NOW
Permanent exhibition
In Museum Rotterdam ´40-´45 NOW you´ll experience what it means when your city is being bombed. What is life like during the subsequent occupation and persecution?
The destroyed city
Permanent exhibition
Few people alive today can remember the city before the war. And yet, old photographs and footage continue to evoke powerful emotions in a new generation of Rotterdammers.