The Valkhof Museum ( nl, Museum Het Valkhof) is an archaeology and art museum in
Nijmegen
Nijmegen (;; Spanish and it, Nimega. Nijmeegs: ''Nimwèège'' ) is the largest city in the Dutch province of Gelderland and tenth largest of the Netherlands as a whole, located on the Waal river close to the German border. It is about 6 ...
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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. The museum's collection includes a large and important collection of local Roman archaeological finds and art (mostly modern).
The museum stands on the edge of the
Valkhof park, site of a
Roman army camp and a citadel built by
Charlemagne
Charlemagne ( , ) or Charles the Great ( la, Carolus Magnus; german: Karl der Große; 2 April 747 – 28 January 814), a member of the Carolingian dynasty, was King of the Franks from 768, King of the Lombards from 774, and the first E ...
. The museum's building was designed by Dutch architect
Ben van Berkel
Ben van Berkel (born 1957) is a Dutch architect; founder and principal architect of the architectural practice UNStudio. With his studio he designed, among others, the Erasmus Bridge in Rotterdam, the Moebius House in the Netherlands, the Merce ...
and was opened on 14 September 1999 by
Queen Beatrix
Beatrix (Beatrix Wilhelmina Armgard, ; born 31 January 1938) is a member of the Dutch royal house who reigned as Queen of the Netherlands from 1980 until her abdication in 2013.
Beatrix is the eldest daughter of Queen Juliana and her husban ...
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In November 2008, the official name of the museum was changed to Valkhof-Kam. This reflected an agreement reached with the heirs of G. M. Kam.
See also
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Bergakker inscription
The Bergakker inscription is an Elder Futhark inscription discovered on the scabbard of a 5th-century sword. It was found in 1996 in the Dutch town of Bergakker, in the Betuwe, a region once inhabited by the Batavi. There is consensus that the f ...
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Nijmegen Helmet
The Nijmegen Helmet is a Ancient Rome, Roman Hippika gymnasia, cavalry sports helmet from the first or second century AD. It was found around 1915 in a gravel bed on the left bank of the Waal (river), Waal river, near the Dutch city of Nijmegen ...
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1999 establishments in the Netherlands
Archaeological museums in the Netherlands
Art museums and galleries in the Netherlands
Museums established in 1999
Museums in Nijmegen
History of Nijmegen
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