Visit Rotterdam
When visiting Rotterdam, Museum Rotterdam should not be missed!
In our location, next to Coolhaven metrostation, you can see the old Rotterdam before May 14, 1940 and experience what it means when your city is bombed.
Our experience takes you back in time, to the bombing of May 14, 1940. In our 28-meter-long display gallery, our collection tells the personal stories of Rotterdam residents during the Second World War.
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?
In the exhibition The Destroyed City, Rotterdam before May 1940 comes to life in photos, film footage and historical architectural models.
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.