The National Museum of Antiquities brings archaeology and the ancient world to life. At our museum, everyone can discover the age-old civilizations of Egypt, the Classical World, the ancient Near East, and the Netherlands – in prehistoric, Roman, and medieval times.

Collection
The National Museum of Antiquities has some 180,000 objects in its collection, divided into four areas:

Egypt
Classical Antiquity (Greeks, Romans, and Etruscans)
the Ancient Near East
the Netherlands (prehistory, the Roman period, and the Middle Ages)
Recently, the annual number of museum visitors has ranged from 150,000 (in 2011) to 210,000 (in 2014).

Temporary exhibitions
You can see the highlights of the museum collections all year round in our permanent departments. We also organize temporary exhibitions that are related to our permanent collection. These usually involve a combination of objects from our collection and loans from other organizations, varying from specialized Dutch museums and collections to world-renowned institutions.

Egyptian collection
The National Museum of Antiquities has one of the world’s top ten Egyptian collections. The absolute highlight is a complete 2,000-year-old Egyptian temple from the village of Taffeh. This temple was a gift from Egypt to the Dutch people, in gratitude for the country’s role in a UNESCO rescue operation in the 1960s. In the entrance hall you can view this impressive monument from all sides.

Activities for everyone
The museum organizes year-round activities for the general public and for people of all ages. These range from an extensive programme of lectures to children’s activities during school holidays and a variety of concerts.

Education
Every year, many groups and classes from primary and secondary schools visit the museum. We develop new museum lesson plans for them each year, along with teaching materials for classroom use. In 2014, more than 24,000 schoolchildren visited the museum.

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