Kröller-Müller Museum
The Kröller-Müller Museum (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈkrʏlər ˈmʏlər myˌzeːjʏm]) is a national art museum and sculpture garden, located in the Hoge Veluwe National Park in Otterlo in the Netherlands. The museum, founded by art collector Helene Kröller-Müller within the extensive grounds of her and her husband's former estate (now the national park), opened in 1938. It has the second-largest collection of paintings by Vincent van Gogh, after the Van Gogh Museum.
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Kröller-Müller Museum
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The Kröller-Müller Museum (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈkrʏlər ˈmʏlər myˌzeːjʏm]) is a national art museum and sculpture garden, located in the Hoge Veluwe National Park in Otterlo in the Netherlands. The museum, founded by art collector Helene Kröller-Müller within the extensive grounds of her and her husband's former estate (now the national park), opened in 1938. It has the second-largest collection of paintings by Vincent van Gogh, after the Van Gogh Museum.
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History
History
The museum had 283,000 visitors in 2025.
The Kröller-Müller Museum was founded by Helene Kröller-Müller, an avid art collector who, being advised by H.P. Bremmer, was one of the first to recognize Vincent van Gogh's genius and collect his works. In 1935, she donated her whole collection to the state of the Netherlands. In 1938, the museum, which was designed by Henry van de Velde, opened to the public. The sculpture garden was added in 1961 and the new exhibition wing, designed by Wim Quist, opened in 1977.
Administration
Administration
Lisette Pelsers was the museum director of the Kröller-Müller Museum from 2012 to 2024. She was succeeded by Benno Tempel. The museum had an increasing number of visitors until the COVID-19 pandemic, when it took a severe plunge due to closures and reduced tourism activities overall. Visitor numbers have largely recovered since, but have yet to reach pre-pandemic levels. The museum was the 12th most visited museum nationally in 2013.
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1938
Kröller-Müller Museum established.
1938
Kröller-Müller Museum is recorded from 1938.
Sculpture garden
The Kröller-Müller Museum is also famous for its large sculpture garden, within the forest park, of more than 75 acres (30 ha) and one of the largest in Europe, with a fine collection of modern and contemporary sculptures. The garden reflects Helene Kröller-Müller's conception of a symbiosis between art, architecture and nature. The collection includes works by Auguste Rodin, Henry Moore, Jean Dubuffet, Mark di Suvero, Lucio Fontana, Claes Oldenburg and Coosje van Bruggen, Fritz Wotruba, Joep van Lieshout and many more.
Collection
Collection
The museum has a considerable collection of paintings by Vincent van Gogh—such as Café Terrace at Night, and Sorrowing Old Man (At Eternity's Gate)—making it the second-largest collection of Van Gogh paintings in the world (after the Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam). Apart from the Van Gogh paintings, other highlights include works by Piet Mondrian, Georges-Pierre Seurat, Odilon Redon, Georges Braque, Paul Gauguin, Lucas Cranach, James Ensor, Juan Gris, William Degouve de Nuncques and Pablo Picasso.
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- 1.Johannes van der Wolk, "Helene Emma Laura Juliane Kröller-Müller" , Biografisch Woordenboek Gelderland, 1998. Retrieved 27 September 2013.
- 2.Address/directions, Kröller-Müller Museum. Retrieved 27 September 2013.
- 3.Kröller-Müller Museum. Kröller-Müller Museum verwelkomt 283.000 bezoekers in 2025. krollermuller.nl.
- 4.Structure. , Kröller-Müller Museum. Retrieved 27 September 2013.
- 5.Beukhof, H., Essen, F. van, Pelzers, E., Sevink, J. (2005) Nature and Art, The Hoge Veluwe, Waanders Uitgeverij, Zwolle.
- 6.The potato eaters , Kröller-Müller Museum. Retrieved 24 August 2013.
- 7.Terrace of a café at night (Place du Forum) , Kröller-Müller Museum. Retrieved 23 August 2013.
- 8.Top 55 Museumbezoek 2012 (in Dutch), Nederlandse Museumvereniging, 2012. Retrieved 19 August 2013.
- 9.Daan van Lent & Pieter van Os, "Musea doen het goed: aantal bezoekers in 2013 fors gestegen" (in Dutch), NRC Handelsblad, 2013. Retrieved 3 August 2014.
- 10."380.000 bezoekers voor Kröller-Müller in 2015. " , De Stentor, 2016. Retrieved 15 January 2016.
- 11.Visitor figures Kröller-Müller Museum 2020. krollermuller.nl. 2020-12-15.
- 12.Annual review 2022 (Dutch only). krollermuller.nl. 3. 2023-03-28.
- 13.Annual review 2023 (Dutch only). krollermuller.nl. 3. 2024-03-28.
- 14.Birgit Donker, "Lisette Pelsers nieuwe directeur Kröller-Müller Museum" (in Dutch), NRC Handelsblad, 2011. Retrieved 29 July 2016.
- 15.Annual review 2023 (Dutch only). krollermuller.nl. 3. 2024-03-28.
- 16.Daan van Lent & Pieter van Os, "Musea doen het goed: aantal bezoekers in 2013 fors gestegen" (in Dutch), NRC Handelsblad, 2013. Retrieved 28 June 2014.
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- Kröller-Müller State Museum, Otterlo. Netherlands: Kröller-Müller State Museum, 1973.
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