Kröller-Müller Museum

Current exhibitions

About the museum

The core of the museum is the private collection of Helene Kröller-Müller, who began acquiring art in 1907 together with her husband, the businessman Anton Kröller. Advised by art educator H. P. Bremmer, she amassed around 11,500 works by the end of the 1930s, including almost 90 paintings and numerous drawings by Vincent van Gogh. From the outset her goal was a public museum, for which designs were initially drawn up by Peter Behrens, Ludwig Mies van der Rohe and H. P. Berlage.

After the economic crisis had depleted the family's fortune, the collection went to the Dutch state in 1935, which in return promised to build a museum. In 1938 the deliberately plain building designed by Henry van de Velde opened amid the woodlands of the Hoge Veluwe; Helene Kröller-Müller directed the museum until her death the following year.

Under later directors, the holdings grew mainly in modern and contemporary sculpture. The sculpture garden was created in 1961 and today displays works from Rodin to Dubuffet across some 25 hectares; Gerrit Rietveld's pavilion was rebuilt there in 1965, and Jean Dubuffet's walk-in monumental sculpture “Jardin d'émail” was added in 1974. In 1977 a wing by Wim Quist expanded the museum with additional exhibition galleries.

Alongside the Van Gogh holdings, key focuses include works by Seurat, Mondriaan, Bart van der Leck, Picasso and the Italian Futurists. An expansion based on plans by Tadao Ando is in preparation.

Highlights

• One of the world's largest Van Gogh collections, including “Caféterras bij nacht” and “De aardappeleters”
• Sculpture garden with more than 200 works, including pieces by Rodin, Hepworth and Marta Pan
• Walk-in monumental sculpture “Jardin d'émail” by Jean Dubuffet
• Rietveldpaviljoen in the sculpture garden
• Focus on De Stijl (Mondriaan, Van der Leck) and Futurism
• Located in the heart of De Hoge Veluwe National Park, reachable on the free White Bicycles

Permanent exhibitions

• Collectie – A tour of Helene Kröller-Müller's collection from the 19th century to modernism, with the Van Gogh gallery, De Stijl and Futurism.
• Beeldentuin – Expansive sculpture garden with more than 200 works by modern and contemporary sculptors in the Veluwe landscape; limited access in winter.

Founded

1938

Director

Benno Tempel

Visitors per year

approx. 283,000 (2025)

Admission & discounts

The museum lies within De Hoge Veluwe National Park; a combined day ticket for park and museum is always required (two separate organizations). With the Museumkaart the museum is free, but the park ticket must be paid. ICOM and Vereniging Rembrandt: museum free (park ticket separate). Buying online is recommended, also with a discount card – on busy days you get priority at the park entrance. Card payment possible at the ticket desk.

Accessibility

• Wheelchair accessible
• Elevator: no information
• Accessible restroom
• Accessible parking
• Service dogs welcome
• Tactile models & exhibits
• Sign language tours: no information
• Easy-to-read materials: no information
• Audio description

The museum is easily accessible by wheelchair or mobility scooter; in the sculpture garden there are unpaved as well as paved paths (marked on the map). Free loan of wheelchairs, rollators, folding stools and strollers at the cloakroom (cannot be reserved). Six accessible parking spaces 175 m from the entrance. Two accessible restrooms (by the shop and – except in winter – by the outdoor restaurant MJ). Tactile model with audio description of Van Gogh's “Brug te Arles,” large-print gallery texts, pictogram map; the Sunflower lanyard for invisible disabilities is recognized. Accessibility award from De Zonnebloem (2019).

Kids & families

Great for kids & families

• Activity booklet, scavenger hunt or kids’ audio guide
• Stroller-friendly
• Baby changing facilities

Free family activities: detective game, search-and-discover card about Van Gogh, museum dice game and a geocaching route through the sculpture garden. Children under 12 get free museum admission. Strollers allowed and can be borrowed free of charge; baby changing area by the restrooms, quiet nursing room on request. All White Bicycles in the park have a child seat, and children's bikes are available.

Getting there & parking

Via the A1, A50 or A12, follow signs for “Park Hoge Veluwe/Kröller-Müller.” Three park entrances: Otterlo (Houtkampweg 9, 2.5 km to the museum, busiest), Hoenderloo (Houtkampweg 13, 4 km) and Schaarsbergen (Koningsweg 17, 10 km, not for tour buses). By bike from Ede-Wageningen, Arnhem or Apeldoorn about one hour.

Amenities & dining

• Café
• Restaurant
• Museum shop
• Coat check
• Lockers

Restaurant Monsieur Jacques in the museum (year-round) and outdoor restaurant MJ in the sculpture garden (spring to fall) overlooking the Rietveldpaviljoen; both close at 16:30. Food brought from home only in the cloakroom or in the sculpture garden (picnics allowed). Museum shop and online shop.

Events & venue rental

• Spaces for rent
• Corporate events

Van der Leeuw room with reception area and the Rietveldpaviljoen for meetings, receptions and dinners; exclusive opening of the collection wing, exhibition wing or sculpture garden all day on Mondays and from 17:00 on other days. Wedding photo shoots in the sculpture garden for a fee. Contact: events@krollermuller.nl.

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