Nationaal Bomenmuseum Gimborn

Om museet

Ink manufacturer Max von Gimborn, who built up a business in Zevenaar from 1904, had a site of around 47 hectares in Doorn on the Utrechtse Heuvelrug laid out from 1924 as a tree garden in the English landscape style; the design was drawn up by Gerard Bleeker. After the stock market crash of 1929, he had to sell large parts of the land again, and the planned country house was never built. The collection of rare woody plants, which he brought from Zevenaar and expanded by hundreds of plants every year, was already regarded as a dendrological attraction in the 1940s to 1960s, but remained closed to the public.

After Von Gimborn's death in 1964, Utrecht State University bought the arboretum from his widow at the end of 1965. It now served teaching and research, and the collection was systematically expanded, particularly with deciduous trees such as maple, ash and spindle; in 1981 it was opened to visitors on a limited basis for the first time. When the Dutch universities shed loss-making facilities around the turn of the millennium, the arboretum too was at risk. Since 2010 it has been in private hands and run by a foundation that places greater emphasis on the site's social role without compromising on the collection and its care.

Today the museum sees itself as the National Tree Museum. The living collection comprises more than 3,000 species and cultivars of trees and shrubs from regions such as the Alps, the Himalayas, Japan and Canada, including old stands of hemlock and a heather garden. A network of paths, a knowledge trail with six information boards and the GPS-assisted web app ArborTour lead to the highlights; a large treehouse and a nature playground attract families.

Højdepunkter

• Over 3,000 tree and shrub species from around the world on an extensive site
• ArborTour: GPS-guided video tour to eleven highlights of the collection
• Boomhut van Max: large treehouse with lookout towers and hands-on stations
• Schelpenpad (shell path) with Braille signs for visitors with visual impairments
• Heather garden and hemlock collection
• New blossoms and fruits all year round, announced by the BloeiAlert

Permanente udstillinger

• Kennisroute und ArborTour – A knowledge trail with six thematic information boards and a GPS-assisted video tour lead to the most important trees in the collection.
• Boomhut van Max – A large treehouse with lookout towers, games and facts about how trees live and grow.

Ejer

Stichting Von Gimborn Arboretum

Entrépriser & rabatter

Payment by card only at the machine. The Museumkaart is not valid, as the museum has its own annual pass; annual pass holders have free admission. Free parking.

Tilgængelighed

• Kørestolsvenlig
• Elevator: ingen oplysninger
• Handicaptoilet: ingen oplysninger
• Handicapparkering: ingen oplysninger
• Servicehunde tilladt
• Taktile tilbud
• Rundvisninger på tegnsprog: ingen oplysninger
• Letlæste tilbud: ingen oplysninger
• Synstolkning: ingen oplysninger

All paths are suitable for wheelchairs; free loan wheelchairs at the visitor centre. For visitors with visual impairments there is the Schelpenpad with shells and Braille signs; the ArborTour app offers adaptations for the visually and hearing impaired. The loan of a club car for people with walking difficulties is currently suspended. Dogs are allowed on a lead.

Børn og familie

Velegnet til børn og familier

• Familieomvisninger & workshops
• Opgavehæfte, skattejagt eller audioguide for børn
• Interaktive stationer
• Legeplads / legehjørne
• Børnefødselsdage

Large treehouse "Boomhut van Max" with lookout towers, nature playground next to it, two puzzle trails for children from age 9 with a Doe booklet and treasure map, Kabouterpad (gnome trail) with a free bingo card (Fri–Sun in the shop), as well as workshops, markets and themed activities throughout the year. Children's parties are possible.

Transport & parkering

By car via the A12: coming from Utrecht take the Driebergen-Zeist exit, coming from Arnhem take the Maarsbergen exit and continue via the N226/N225 through Doorn; follow the sign "Von Gimborn Arboretum". The entrance is at the end of the Velperengh.

Service & spisesteder

• Café
• Museumsbutik

Visitor centre with museum shop, small catering (coffee, tea, pastries) and terrace, open Fridays to Sundays; on other days the shop is unstaffed and purchases are paid for in cash into a milk churn. Public toilets outside at the entrance, more in the shop. Plant sales in front of the shop, picnic baskets by reservation.

Arrangementer & udlejning

• Lokaler til leje
• Private fester
• Firmaarrangementer
• Bryllupper / vielser

Op til 150 personer.

Large tent in the arboretum (up to 150 guests), Von Gimborn Pavilion (up to 70) and Boshuis (up to 12); reduced admission when renting a room. Also weddings, photo shoots and children's birthday parties. Amplified music is not permitted.

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