All nature & natural history museums and attractions to visit in Rotterdam

Rotterdam (South Holland) has a lot to offer for people that like animals, plants and anything else related to nature and its history. Below we list all 5 nature and natural history museums that are located in Rotterdam.

Is nature and the natural world something that interests you and are you looking for the best nature museums to visit in Rotterdam? These are the ones:

  1. Diergaarde Blijdorp1

    Diergaarde Blijdorp

     Rotterdam
    Diergaarde Blijdorp is one of the largest and oldest zoos in the Netherlands. It consists of several parts. The Oceanium is situated at the main entrance and contains many different fish. In addition, Diergaarde Blijdorp is divided into continents. It features the Arctic area, the North America area
  2. Trompenburg Tuinen & Arboretum2

    Trompenburg Tuinen & Arboretum

     Rotterdam
    Trompenburg Tuinen & Arboretum used to be one of the ‘buitenplaatsen’ in Cralingen. Now there are gardens with fountains, herbaceous borders, a desert greenhouse and an aviary. There are thousands of perennials and bulbs, and hundreds of trees and shrubs. The old part of the garden has an English la
  3. Futureland3

    Futureland

     Rotterdam
    Futureland is located on the seawall of the Maasvlakte, overlooking the newly developed land. It is the information centre of the Second Maasvlakte where visitors get to know everything about the construction of a new port on an area of 1800 square metres, where waves, sand and wind play a major rol
  4. Natural History Museum Rotterdam4

    Natural History Museum Rotterdam

     Rotterdam
    The Natural History Museum Rotterdam is housed in Villa Dijkzigt, a monumental building from 1852. The museum organizes exhibitions on (urban) nature and natural history. The permanent collection includes mammals, birds, insects, plants and shells mainly from the region, but also partly from differe
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    Plaswijckpark Dierenwijck

     Rotterdam
    Dierenwijck is the zoo of Plaswijckpark Rotterdam. The Plaswijckpark is a family park. In Dierenwijck live animal species like monkeys, wallabies, black swans, otters and goats, but also special animals like vari's, nandoes and alpacas.