Current Collection
The current collection of the museum is divided in the following categories:
- Ancient Egypt
- Ancient Near East
- Etruscan civilization
- Ancient Greece
- Ancient Rome
- Prehistoric Netherlands
- Roman Netherlands
- Medieval Netherlands
In the central hall of the museum stands an original Egyptian temple, the Temple of Taffeh, which was taken apart in Egypt and reconstructed in the museum.
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