Visitor information

Opening hours

Ticket prices

Museum

 10.00-17.00 hours   Adults €11,-
Tuesday - Sunday     Youth 4 to 12 years €5,-
and public holidays     Youth 13 to 18, over 65 €8,-
      Museumcard, students Leiden * Free admission

Library

 10.00-12.30 hours   Groups of 10 persons or more p.p. €8,-
Tuesday - Friday 13.30-16.30 hours      


* Students Leiden University and Hogeschool Leiden. Also free admission: ICOM members, Members Vereniging Rembrandt, Friends of the Tropenmuseum Amsterdam, Friends of the Museon Museum The Hague, Friends of the Africa Museum Berg en Dal.

Dogs are not allowed in the museum (guide dogs for the blind are allowed).

Also open on

18 & 25 February; 29 April; 20 May; every monday in July and August; 14, 21 October; 23 & 30 December.

Closed on

New Year's Day, Queen's Day, Leids Ontzet (3 October) and Christmay Day (25 December).

Address and access

Address: Steenstraat 1, 2312 BS Leiden
Postal address: PO Box 212, 2300 AE Leiden

The museum is a 5-minute walk from the NS-station Leiden Centraal.

Parking (paid, with chip card) is possible at a number of nearby parking spaces. 

Tel: 071 5168 800 | Fax: 071 5128 437 | info@volkenkunde.nl
Booking Line: 071 5168 718

Access visitors with physical disabilities

Visitors with physical disabilities have an easy access to the museum, a companion ticket is free of charge. If you telephone to the museum on the day of your visit, you can park your car inside the museum gates.