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FENIX Museum of Migration of Rotterdam 🇳🇱

The FENIX Museum of Migration is a museum dedicated to human migration, located within the former Fenix warehouse in Rotterdam, the Netherlands. It was opened on 16 May 2025.

The museum is designed by Chinese architectural firm MAD Architects, and is MAD’s first cultural project in Europe. The museum is situated in the former Fenix warehouse, located in the Katendrecht Peninsula.

The warehouse spans over 16,000 square meters. The warehouse, designed by Cornelis Nicolaas van Goor, was originally constructed in 1923, and was previously known as the San Francisco Warehouse. The warehouse was used extensively by the Holland-America Line for storage and shipping purposes.The Holland-American Line facilitated the migration of millions of Europeans to the United States in the late 19th and early 20th century.