Jump to content

Allard Pierson Museum

From Simple English Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The printable version is no longer supported and may have rendering errors. Please update your browser bookmarks and please use the default browser print function instead.
Allard Pierson Museum

The Allard Pierson Museum is a archaeological museum in Amsterdam. The museum was founded in 1934.[1] It is part of the University of Amsterdam. Since 1976 it has been located the building of the former Dutch bank.[1]

History

The Allard Pierson Museum is named after Allard Pierson (1831-1896). He was the first professor of archaeology at the University of Amsterdam.

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Casa Editrice Bonechi, Amsterdam. Ediz. Inglese (Florence, Italy: Bonechi, 2007), p. 45

Other websites