Fodor's Expert Review Museum Rotterdam

Dedicated to the city for which it is named, Museum Rotterdam's collection covers 10,000 years of local history, from prehistoric times to the current day. Themes including work, immigration, and religion connect the city's past and present, with objects on display ranging from skull fragments that once belonged to the earliest human settlers in the region, via timbers salvaged from the first dam across the River Rotte, to cutting-edge fashions created by Rotterdam's current crop of top designers. Your ticket also includes entry to the '40-'45 NU permanent exhibition (Coolhaven 375, beside Coolhaven metro station), a multimedia experience depicting life in the city during the war years, which includes a sobering recreation of what it was like to live through a bombing raid.