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Valkhof Museum
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The Valkhof Museum is an archaeology and art museum in Nijmegen, Netherlands. The museum has existed since 1999, created as a merger between the G. M. Kam museum of archaeology and the Commanderie van St. Jan museum of classical and modern art.
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Valkhof Museum

Kelfkensbos 59, 6511 TB Nijmegen, Netherlands
4.0(940)
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The Valkhof Museum is an archaeology and art museum in Nijmegen, Netherlands. The museum has existed since 1999, created as a merger between the G. M. Kam museum of archaeology and the Commanderie van St. Jan museum of classical and modern art.

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attractions: Hunnerpark, Valkhof Park, De Bastei, Nationaal Fietsmuseum Velorama, Museum Van Lymborch Brothers House, Waalbrug, Saint Stephen's Church, Nijmegen, muZIEum, Jack's Casino Nijmegen Houtstraat, Kronenburgerpark, restaurants: Mr. Jack's Nijmegen MK, Flores, Indian Way, restaurant de Portier, Siam Palace Thais Restaurant, Foodbar MikMak, In-Credible, De Pizzabakkers Nijmegen, Don Pablo 🇲🇽, Parkview
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+31 24 360 8805
Website
valkhofmuseum.nl

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Nearby attractions of Valkhof Museum

Hunnerpark

Valkhof Park

De Bastei

Nationaal Fietsmuseum Velorama

Museum Van Lymborch Brothers House

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Saint Stephen's Church, Nijmegen

muZIEum

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Kronenburgerpark

Hunnerpark

Hunnerpark

4.4

(655)

Open until 12:00 AM
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Valkhof Park

Valkhof Park

4.5

(750)

Open 24 hours
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De Bastei

De Bastei

4.5

(670)

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Nationaal Fietsmuseum Velorama

Nationaal Fietsmuseum Velorama

4.5

(269)

Open 24 hours
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Flores

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5.0
4y

Museum Het Valkhof is a museum in the city of Nijmegen, in the Dutch province of Gelderland. This museum has existed since 1998 and arose from the merger of the Museum G.M. Kam (1922) for archeology and the Commanderie of St. John for ancient and modern art. The museum's collection includes Roman archaeology, ancient arts and crafts, and modern art. In November 2008 the statutory name of the museum was changed to Stichting Museum Het Valkhof-Kam. Museum Het Valkhof is located at the Kelfkensbos, on the edge of the Valkhof park. In Roman times there was a Roman army camp here. Later, Emperor Charlemagne may have had a palts (palace) built there. The current building was designed by Ben van Berkel. The clean lines and bright colors of the building contrast strongly with the park in which it is located. The architect opted for a central staircase, the bottom of which starts outside on the forecourt. The building was opened on September 14, 1999 by Queen Beatrix. The Archeology department has a varied collection of archaeological art and utensils from the Prehistory, Roman times and Middle Ages of the city and province. Themes such as religion, death and burial, trade and crafts shed light on everyday life when Noviomagus (Nijmegen) was the most important Roman city in the Netherlands. The Ancient Art Department consists of paintings, prints, drawings, sculpture and silver objects. The Modern Art department includes works of art from after 1960. Works from the pop art tradition, with its popular visual culture and contemporary expressionism, are strongly represented. The museum organizes several temporary exhibitions per year, including in the past the exhibitions The Van Limburg brothers, The last hours of Herculaneum, Luxury and decadence, Jan Jansen and Swip Stolk, and The world of Katherina. I arrived mid-afternoon on a cold December's day as dusk was starting outside. I had to choose what to see as there was not enough time to see everything. It was still great even though my time here was a little too short. I mainly looked at the Roman and Medieval period exhibitions. Beautiful museum and I will...

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4.0
4y

Really cool museum with lots of exhibitions, including ancient history, modern art, medieval and Roman history among others.

Before I go to the cool things about it, it’s worth mentioning that during my visit I could not find a single sign in English, everything was in Dutch and German with the exception of their temporary exhibition, at that time, “The Pest” which offered a mobile audio guide. May not be practical for some people though.

The museum offers 2 floors that can be explored. The underground floor consists of an archeological interactive theme where children and adults can learn about archeology and the different techniques involved, there’s also other interactive section where you can build things and play with catapults, mostly from Romanian times.

This floor also contains some photography exhibits which seemed also temporary.

The ground floor is just where you can purchase tickets or where the museum cafeteria is located.

The upper floor contains the rest of the exhibitions and the main temporal exhibition.

If you are there just quickly looking I think you can spend 1h, but if you are interested in a certain topic you could be there for more than 2hs.

The museum is free if you have a...

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5.0
7y

Inspirerend bezoek aan dit mooie museum. Vrijdag 11 mei 2018, de dag na Hemelvaart, gegarandeerd fijn rustig, makkelijk parkeren in parkeergarage Kelfkensbos, wel wat prijzig. Strak vormgegeven museum, esthetisch en modern, zowel van buiten als van binnen een lust voor het oog. Centraal gelegen tegenover het Valkhofpark en de Belvedere, prachtig uitzicht over de Waal, Lent en de Ooypolder. Tegenover de hoofdingang staat de karakteristieke Zonnewijzer. Bij de kassa koop ik de museumjaarkaart, ga ik nog veel plezier van hebben. De vriendelijke dames achter de kassa zijn behulpzaam, hebben nog tijd voor een gesprek, het is nog vroeg en rustig. Ik loop de ruime, brede trappen op, overal veel licht, grote, lange gangen, mooie en zeer gevarieerde expositieruimtes qua sfeer, inhoud en belichting. Ik bezoek eerst de ruimtes met de vaste tentoonstelling over de geschiedenis van de Romeinen, Nijmegen, de vondsten en opgravingen en alles wat daar zoal mee van doen heeft. Er is veel te zien, er valt veel te leren, niks moet, ik neem de tijd. Dan kom ik in een ruimte die vanaf maart tot midden mei 2018 gebruikt wordt als atelier en expositieruimte door een Spaanse vrouw, Montse Hernandez i Sala, grafisch ontwerper. Een inspirerende ontmoeting, we hebben meteen contact en raken volop in gesprek over het leven en de kunst, het afvalprobleem, de bedreiging van ons milieu, klimaatverandering en de gevolgen van het menselijk gedrag voor de natuur, moeder aarde en de toekomst van onze kinderen. Een leuke, idealistische, strijdbare, creatieve vrouw. Deze expositie heet Reset, alsof we alles zouden kunnen resetten en als het ware helemaal opnieuw, met een schone lei, zouden kunnen beginnen. Mooie, optimistische gedachte. Eigenlijk is deze ruimte meer een plek voor bewustwording, dialoog en werk in ontwikkeling. Na nog van alles met elkaar te hebben besproken en een goed gevoel vervolg ik mijn reis door het museum. Zie voor meer info over deze ruimte, Montse en de expositie Reset mijn foto’s. Hierna raak ik nog zeker een uur geboeid door de tentoonstelling ‘Land in zicht’ van kunstenaar Uwe Poth met indrukwekkende schilderijen vol verhalen uit het verleden, mythologische verwijzingen, portretten en stadsbeelden. Na ruim drie uur indrukken, ontmoetingen, gesprekken hou ik het voor gezien. Ik eet nog een lekkere kop tomatensoep in het restaurant beneden of liever gezegd buiten op het terras in het zonnetje want dat is daar mogelijk. Met een voldaan en tevreden gevoel ga ik naar huis. Ik kom hier beslist snel...

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Museum Het Valkhof is a museum in the city of Nijmegen, in the Dutch province of Gelderland. This museum has existed since 1998 and arose from the merger of the Museum G.M. Kam (1922) for archeology and the Commanderie of St. John for ancient and modern art. The museum's collection includes Roman archaeology, ancient arts and crafts, and modern art. In November 2008 the statutory name of the museum was changed to Stichting Museum Het Valkhof-Kam. Museum Het Valkhof is located at the Kelfkensbos, on the edge of the Valkhof park. In Roman times there was a Roman army camp here. Later, Emperor Charlemagne may have had a palts (palace) built there. The current building was designed by Ben van Berkel. The clean lines and bright colors of the building contrast strongly with the park in which it is located. The architect opted for a central staircase, the bottom of which starts outside on the forecourt. The building was opened on September 14, 1999 by Queen Beatrix. The Archeology department has a varied collection of archaeological art and utensils from the Prehistory, Roman times and Middle Ages of the city and province. Themes such as religion, death and burial, trade and crafts shed light on everyday life when Noviomagus (Nijmegen) was the most important Roman city in the Netherlands. The Ancient Art Department consists of paintings, prints, drawings, sculpture and silver objects. The Modern Art department includes works of art from after 1960. Works from the pop art tradition, with its popular visual culture and contemporary expressionism, are strongly represented. The museum organizes several temporary exhibitions per year, including in the past the exhibitions The Van Limburg brothers, The last hours of Herculaneum, Luxury and decadence, Jan Jansen and Swip Stolk, and The world of Katherina. I arrived mid-afternoon on a cold December's day as dusk was starting outside. I had to choose what to see as there was not enough time to see everything. It was still great even though my time here was a little too short. I mainly looked at the Roman and Medieval period exhibitions. Beautiful museum and I will visit again.
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Museum Het Valkhof is a museum in the city of Nijmegen, in the Dutch province of Gelderland. This museum has existed since 1998 and arose from the merger of the Museum G.M. Kam (1922) for archeology and the Commanderie of St. John for ancient and modern art. The museum's collection includes Roman archaeology, ancient arts and crafts, and modern art. In November 2008 the statutory name of the museum was changed to Stichting Museum Het Valkhof-Kam. Museum Het Valkhof is located at the Kelfkensbos, on the edge of the Valkhof park. In Roman times there was a Roman army camp here. Later, Emperor Charlemagne may have had a palts (palace) built there. The current building was designed by Ben van Berkel. The clean lines and bright colors of the building contrast strongly with the park in which it is located. The architect opted for a central staircase, the bottom of which starts outside on the forecourt. The building was opened on September 14, 1999 by Queen Beatrix. The Archeology department has a varied collection of archaeological art and utensils from the Prehistory, Roman times and Middle Ages of the city and province. Themes such as religion, death and burial, trade and crafts shed light on everyday life when Noviomagus (Nijmegen) was the most important Roman city in the Netherlands. The Ancient Art Department consists of paintings, prints, drawings, sculpture and silver objects. The Modern Art department includes works of art from after 1960. Works from the pop art tradition, with its popular visual culture and contemporary expressionism, are strongly represented. The museum organizes several temporary exhibitions per year, including in the past the exhibitions The Van Limburg brothers, The last hours of Herculaneum, Luxury and decadence, Jan Jansen and Swip Stolk, and The world of Katherina. I arrived mid-afternoon on a cold December's day as dusk was starting outside. I had to choose what to see as there was not enough time to see everything. It was still great even though my time here was a little too short. I mainly looked at the Roman and Medieval period exhibitions. Beautiful museum and I will visit again.
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