Villa Dijkzigt
The Villa Dijkzigt is a town house in Rotterdam . It was built in 1851/52 on behalf of the Van Hoboken family according to designs by the Rotterdam-born architect Johan Frederik Metzelaar on the southern West Zeedijk on the Land van Hoboken , the family's estate.
In 1987 the Natural History Museum Rotterdam moved into the villa. The neoclassical building was expanded in 1995 to include a glass pavilion. It is listed as a Rijksmonument .
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Coordinates: 51 ° 54 ′ 37.8 " N , 4 ° 28 ′ 21.1" E