Noord-Veluws Museum

About the museum

The Noord-Veluws Museum in Nunspeet is an art museum for painters of the northern Veluwe. From 1880 the area developed into a destination for city dwellers seeking unspoiled nature in an age of industrialisation and urbanisation. As in the French artists' colony of Barbizon, painters from The Hague and Amsterdam went outdoors here too, taking their paint tubes with them. A group of Impressionists formed around Nunspeet and Elspeet; more than 100 visual artists lived and worked in the region between 1880 and 1950, among them Arthur Briët, Willy Martens, Edzard Koning, Jan van Vuuren and Ben Viegers.

The museum goes back to the private initiative of Herman van Ree, who largely financed its construction and operation. The supporting foundations were established on 26 October 2011. The building is a new construction by the architects Kamsteeg + Bisschop and is connected to the Vrije Academie Nunspeet in the former school building on Stationslaan. The museum opened on 30 October 2014.

The exhibitions link the paintings with the stories of the painters and of the people who lived in this region. The permanent collection can also be viewed online. A collaboration with the neighbouring Vrije Academie, the Nunspeet visitor centre and other local partners extends the offering, along with a museum café, a shop and the Fré Drostzaal auditorium.

Highlights

• Paintings by the painters of the northern Veluwe from 1880 to 1950
• Works by Arthur Briët, Willy Martens, Edzard Koning, Jan van Vuuren and Ben Viegers
• Permanent collection also viewable online
• Connection to the Vrije Academie Nunspeet in the old school building
• Museum café, museum shop and the Fré Drostzaal auditorium

Permanent exhibition

• Vaste collectie: Maler der nördlichen Veluwe – The permanent collection shows works by the artists who lived and worked on the northern Veluwe between 1880 and 1950, and can also be viewed online.

Founded

2014

Operated by

Stichting Museum Nunspeet

Director

Roeland Robert

Admission & discounts

Free with the Museumkaart (card or app), an ICOM card and for friends of the museum (€35 per year).

Accessibility

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

Well suited to wheelchair users, with a lift and an accessible toilet. A loan wheelchair or walker can be reserved in advance by phone. On Mondays the "Onbeperkt Gastvrij" team offers low-stimulus visits by appointment (for example without loud noises or glaring light), with a quiet room. Dogs are not allowed, except guide dogs and registered assistance dogs.

Kids & families

Only partly suitable for kids

• Family tours & workshops
• Activity booklet, scavenger hunt or kids’ audio guide

Free booklet with Kijkopdrachten (observation tasks) for children from about age 10; educational programme for primary school classes (groups 3–8) with preparation and follow-up at the Vrije Academie.

Getting there & parking

Navigation: enter Winckelweg 17 (without the "a"). On foot or by bike via Stationslaan; the entrance is on the side path along the Vrije Academie, where there is also a covered bicycle rack. The station is around 600 m away.

Amenities & dining

• Café
• Museum shop
• Coat check
• Lockers

Small museum café in the central area of the building with coffee, tea, cold drinks and pastries, also outdoors in summer. Food and drinks brought from outside are not allowed in the museum. Bags larger than A4, umbrellas and motorcycle helmets must be left in the cloakroom or lockers.

Events & venue rental

• Spaces for rent
• Corporate events

Up to 100 guests.

Fré Drostzaal auditorium with 60 seats, up to 100 people for a standing reception; suitable for presentations, conferences, lectures, workshops, courses and chamber music concerts, with technical equipment and catering, and combinable with a tour on request. Offers via the management.

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