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| Established | 13 July 1938 (1938-07-13)[2] |
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| Location | Houtkampweg 6[1] Otterlo,Netherlands |
| Coordinates | 52°05′45″N5°49′01″E / 52.095833333333°N 5.8169444444444°E /52.095833333333; 5.8169444444444 |
| Type | Art museum National museum |
| Visitors | 283,000 (2025)[3] |
| Director | Lisette Pelsers[4] |
| Website | krollermuller |
TheKröller-Müller Museum (Dutch pronunciation:[ˈkrʏlərˈmʏlərmyˌzeːjʏm]) is anationalart museum andsculpture garden, located in theHoge Veluwe National Park inOtterlo in theNetherlands. The museum, founded by art collectorHelene 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 byVincent van Gogh, after theVan Gogh Museum. The museum had 283,000 visitors in 2025.
The Kröller-Müller Museum was founded byHelene Kröller-Müller, an avidart collector who, being advised byH.P. Bremmer, was one of the first to recognizeVincent van Gogh's genius and collect his works. In 1935, she donated her whole collection to the state of theNetherlands. In 1938, the museum, which was designed byHenry van de Velde, opened to the public. Thesculpture garden was added in 1961 and the new exhibition wing, designed byWim Quist, opened in 1977.[2]
The museum has a considerable collection of paintings byVincent van Gogh, such asCafé Terrace at Night, andSorrowing Old Man (At Eternity's Gate). Making it the second-largest collection of Van Gogh paintings in the world (after theVan Gogh Museum inAmsterdam). Apart from the Van Gogh paintings, other highlights include works byPiet Mondrian,Georges-Pierre Seurat,Odilon Redon,Georges Braque,Paul Gauguin,Lucas Cranach,James Ensor,Juan Gris,William Degouve de Nuncques andPablo Picasso.
The Kröller-Müller Museum is also famous for its largesculpture garden, within the forest park, of more than 75 acres (30 ha) and one of the largest inEurope, with a fine collection ofmodern andcontemporary sculptures. The garden reflects Helene Kröller-Müller's conception of a symbiosis between art, architecture and nature.[5] The collection includes works byAuguste Rodin,Henry Moore,Jean Dubuffet,Mark di Suvero,Lucio Fontana,Claes Oldenburg andCoosje van Bruggen,Fritz Wotruba,Joep van Lieshout and many more.
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| Visitors | |
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| 2012 | 307,000[8] |
| 2013 | 330,000[9] |
| 2014 | 392,000[10] |
| 2015 | 380,000[10] |
| 2017 | Apx. 385,000[11] |
| 2018 | Apx. 385,000[11] |
| 2019 | 405,428[11] |
| 2020 | 173,000+[11] |
| 2021 | 127,126[12] |
| 2022 | 219,691[13] |
| 2023 | 282,926[13] |
Lisette Pelsers was themuseum director of the Kröller-Müller Museum from 2012 to 2024. She was succeeded by Benno Tempel.[4][14]
The museum had an increasing number of visitors until theCOVID-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.[15]
The museum was the12th most visited museum nationally in 2013.[16]
Nadat het museum op 26 januari weer openging voor publiek werden 219.000 werkelijke aantal bezoekers ontvangen, 65% meer dan in 2021, toen het museum 127.126 bezoekers telde.[After the museum reopened to the public on January 26, 219,000 actual visitors were received, 65% more than in 2021, when the museum had 127,126 visitors.]
De bezoekersaantallen bleven een stijgende lijn vertonen en namen toe van 219.691 in 2022 naar 282.926.[Visitor numbers continued to show an upward trend and increased from 219,691 in 2022 to 282,926.]
Na het officiële einde van de coronapandemie op 23 februari was 2023 voor het Kröller-Müller Museum een bijzonder actief jaar. De bezoekersaantallen bleven een stijgende lijn vertonen en namen toe van 219.691 in 2022 naar 282.926. Dat is een mooi resultaat, maar de aantallen zijn nog niet op het niveau van voor de pandemie. Eindelijk konden twee grote tentoonstellingsprojecten doorgang vinden waaraan jaren was gewerkt en die vanwege corona moesten worden uitgesteld.[After the official end of the corona pandemic on February 23, 2023 was a particularly active year for the Kröller-Müller Museum. Visitor numbers continued to show an upward trend and increased from 219,691 in 2022 to 282,926. That is a good result, but the numbers are not yet at pre-pandemic levels.]
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