The Kröller-Müller Museum in Otterlo – located in the heart of De Hoge Veluwe National Park – ranks among Europe’s most significant art museums. It houses one of the world’s largest collections of van Gogh; alongside these, visitors can find works by Seurat, Picasso, Mondrian, and other modernist masters.
Spanning approximately 25 hectares, the sculpture park is one of the largest in Europe and features over 200 works by internationally renowned artists. The sculptures are not placed in isolation but are embedded in the natural heath and forest landscape of the Veluwe – among trees, in clearings, or by small lakes. The way they are perceived changes with the seasons, depending on light, shadow, and vegetation. Visitors are even allowed to step on some of the artworks. The best-known example is Jean Dubuffet’s Jardin d’émail, a walk-on sculpture that feels more like a landscape than a traditional work of art.
Kröller-Müller Museum
What makes the Kröller-Müller Museum unique is not just the quality of the artworks, but its overall concept. Its setting within the national park turns even the journey there into a nature experience: Many visitors arrive on the free white bicycles, combining the enjoyment of art with a day spent outdoors. From the very beginning, the museum’s architecture was designed to mix art and nature. As you stroll through the exhibition halls, large glass walls offer constant views out into the surrounding landscape.
The pavilions in the sculpture park are also open on the side, bringing art directly into nature. It is precisely this combination of art, architecture, and a spacious sculpture park integrated into the landscape that makes the museum such a unique place. The gallery features a selection of the artworks.
“Jardin d’émail” von Jean Dubuffet
“Grote Auschwitz” von Carel Visser
“Close to the Earth” von Magdalena Wiecek
“Two Adjacent Pavilions” von Dan Graham
“Monitor” von Kenneth Armitage
“The Twenty-Four Men in White” von Fortuyn / O’Brien
“Pleinbeeld” von Carel Visser
“Niobe” von Constant Permeke
“K-Piece” von Mark di Suvero
“Secrets of the Waters (for Mnemosyne)” von Ana Maria Tavares
“Ritratto di Franca” von Marcello Mascherini
“Palissade” von Evert Strobos
“4 cirkels” von Jan Dibbets
“Prive sur mobi” von Bertrand Lavier
“Landschaps-zonneproject” von Piet Slegers
“Kubus en zijn stapeling” von Carel Visser
“Two Vertical, Three Horizontal Lines” von George Rickey
“Kubische constructie” von André Volten
“Grand double” von Alicia Penalba
“Zuil” von André Volten
“Consejo al Espacio VII” von Eduardo Chillida
“Sculpture flottante, Otterlo” von Marta Pan
“Figure (Archaean)” von Barbara Hepworth
“Brick Sculpture” von Per Kirkeby
“Stehende Figur” von Fritz Wotruba
“56 Barrels” von Christo
“WD-Spiral Part One CINEMA” von Hermann Maier Neustadt
“L’Air” von Aristide Maillol
“Sept” von Eugène Dodeigne
“The Library” von Arno van der Mark
“The Cry” von Isamu Noguchi
“Rocky Lumps II” von Tom Claassen
“Zonder titel” von André Volten
“Amphithéâtre” von Marta Pan
“Green Room / Vault” von Marien Schouten
“Trowel I” von Claes Oldenburg
“Wave” von Pearl Perlmuter
“Picadores” von Umberto Mastroianni
“Mobile Home for Kröller-Müller” von Joep van Lieshout
“Femme accroupie” von Auguste Rodin
“Le chant des voyelles” von Jacques Lipchitz
“Kubus” von André Volten
“Two Piece Reclining Figure No. 2” von Henry Moore
“Rockswarm” von Bill Woodrow
“Battery for Five Fingers” von Jan van Munster
“Berger de nuages” von Jean Arp
“Dual Form” von Barbara Hepworth
“Medea” von Eduardo Paolozzi
“Untitled” von Sol LeWitt
“Shelter” von Tony Andreas
“Concetto spaziale ‘Natura'” von Lucio Fontana
“One” von Richard Serra
“Zonder titel” von Leo Vroegindeweij
“Needle Tower II” von Kenneth Snelson
“Große Figur” von Joannis Avramidis
“Cube (KMM)” von Ewerdt Hilgemann