Amazing

Access to the main exhibit (the mirror box) is denied to wheelchair users because of a cracked mirror. Having children running around in there is fine but a wheelchair sitting still apparently isn't "safe" for the exhibit according to the artist, or rather, ablist. What a disgrace.

(Translated by Google) If you want to know more about Nijmegen, this is a nice museum! (Original) Als je meer wilt weten over Nijmegen, dan is dit een leuk museum!

Das Museum befindet sich aktuell im Umbau. Beim temporären Standort sind aktuell ausgewählte römische Ausgrabungsstücke ausgestellt und der Eintrittspreis wurde deswegen auf 2,75 Euro angepasst. Die Beschreibungen und Videos sind größtenteils auf Niederländisch, aber das Personal ist sehr nett und übersetzt gerne ins Deutsch bzw. Englisch. Die Ausstellung ist kinderfreundlich mit verschiedenen interaktiven Spielen gestaltet.

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.

Extraordinary museum of archeology, history, anthropology and architecture of Nijmegen. The building is so smartly and nicely incorporated into an area of a park, with nice big windows and clear views to the river Waal, the bridges and the surrounding park. Interactive lab in the basement is great for both children and grownups. After spending two hours inside i was thinking about staying even longer. Highly recommended for all the visitors and tourists in this area.

This museum has a wonderful permanent collection of Gallo Roman artifacts from the roman version of Nijmegen. As for the modern exhibitions; I'm personally not a fan of combining that with old art. Support the museum; its building needs restoration..

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 museum card.

Interesting archeology and art museum. Smaller museum; can be done in a couple of hours. Well laid-out displays with interesting temporary exhibits.

Really nice local museum. Beautiful light modern architecture. They have some stuff about the Roman history of the city, some medieval things, some temporary exhibitions, and something cool for children. The descriptions are mostly in Dutch and German. They serve proper espresso. The people working there were very friendly.

It is a very nice museum. There is a lot of history of the Roman time of Nijmegen. A little of paintings of the Medieval and 'new' time. Definitely worth a visit and it's free for Radboud students

Impressive archeological remains from the Roman period and more.

Lovely, excellent mix of modern art and archeology pieces.

(Translated by Google) Beautiful, spacious museum with many archaeological finds from the Roman era, paintings, statues and objects from the Middle Ages and the 17th century. Especially the rooms about the Valkhof and the Peace of Nijmegen appealed to me. (Original) Mooi, ruim opgezet museum, met veel archeologische vondsten uit de Romeinse tijd, schilderijen, beelden en voorwerpen uit de middeleeuwen en de 17de eeuw. Vooral de zalen over het Valkhof en de Vrede van Nijmegen spraken mij bijzonder aan.

Great selection of ancient Roman inscriptions, armour, ceramic, jewelry and coins, as well as of some medieval, early modern and contemporary art.

Nice, diverse museum taking you on a trip through the rich history of the city Nijmegen. Starting off in the basement during the Roman era, with lots of fun activities for the whole family (designing a Roman city, building an arch, playing old games, shooting with a Roman catapult, drawing coins). We then went for a lunch in the museum cafe. On the top floor you will find all types of art guiding you through Nijmegen’s history. I liked how some rooms were put together on colour/theme, showing objects from different eras, yet somehow all connected to the city and each other. Things you can find: archeological objects from the Stone age till the Romans, continuing with old artifacts from the Middle Ages until the 20th century and some modern art objects.

A museum with archaeological finds from pre-history, Roman Empire & The Middle Ages. It's located at the oldest city of The Netherlands, when thousands of years ago, Romans settled here and made the place a strategic point. So let's go for a history walk! :)

a bit boring, cuz the main museum is under maintenance and reconstruction, so new place is a bit farther and few things to be exhibited

(Translated by Google) Great exhibition that brings together history, old and new art. Must see. You are also welcome to discover the great basement floor with children. (Original) Tolle Ausstellung, die historie, alte und neue Kunst zusammen bringt. Unbedingt ansehen. Gerne auch mit Kindern das tolle mitmach Untergeschoss entdecken.

(Translated by Google) Nice Roman interior (Original) Mooi Romeins interieur

(Translated by Google) Nice museum with a fantastic collection Recommended. (Original) Mooi museum met een fantastisch collectie Aanrader.

Great experience. Despite the corona everything was very accessible and safe.

(Translated by Google) Nice and interesting museum (Original) Mooi en interessant museum

(Translated by Google) Nice collection of Roman stuff (Original) Mooie collectie Romeinse spullen

(Translated by Google) Nice museum. Very varied art. A must to visit. (Original) Leuk museum. Heel gevarieerde kunst. Een aanrader om te bezoeken.

(Translated by Google) Nice museum, neatly decorated, fantastic collection. However, the descriptions could be a bit more, and the route / layout is very confusing. The collection of archaeological finds is very impressive! (Original) Leuk museum, netjes ingericht, fantastisch collectie. De beschrijvingen mogen echter wel wat meer, en de route/indeling is erg verwarrend. De collectie archeologische vondsten is erg indrukwekkend!

Very easy to find. Nice staff. The museum was for me though j was in to it. There was some models I liked but it was made worse by none of the items being translated or not having any other language to read. I would love to go again if they have an English option to read but this is way I can only give a 3 star. If you know Dutch I would recommend going as it looked beautiful.

It was an amazing experience and seeing the artifacts from the roman era was new and exciting.

(Translated by Google) Beautiful art exhibition. Fascinating archaeological collection. (Original) Prachtige kunsttentoonstelling. Fascinerende archeologische collectie.

It perfectly accomplish its purpose: local art and history centre. Approx 2hours visit.

Beautiful and interesting archeological artifacts and art. So inspiring what people created with minimal tools. They also stacked some trash in some rooms. I'm not sure why. Must be to symbolize post modern dystopias or something. I really enjoyed the various roman and batavian historical artifacts. Especially the masks. I wonder if they where actually used in combat. It's not that big. If you'd read everything you'll be done in about 2 to 3 hours.

Closed in summer. Indication only in dutch about a temporary building. Walked all way there and ... it is closed as well! Shameful. Turists. Avoid at all costs.

Split over 3 floors, the ground floor was laid out with some child friendly exhibits and games focusing on archeological digging. The top floor was the most interesting, with a temporary exhibition about saving the environment and more permanent exhibitions of local Roman artifacts. Fairly quiet during my visit so you could spend time looking at each piece. Worth trying to find some an alternative language audio guide if possible. Plan your visit for at least 1.5-2 hours.

(Translated by Google) Interesting collection (Original) Interessante collectie

A very remarkable museum with an eclectic collection ranging from architecture and history to modern art and eco-activism. A great place to visit if you want to see a bit of everything

Great museum to see how far the Roman Empire stretched and other interesting medieval artifacts. Truly enjoyed my visit.

Disappointed. The curators obviously don’t like the fact that their fancy modern art museum is bogged down by historic artefacts. Quite pricey for a rather small exhibition, half of which was elitist modern trash-play.

Fun museum about the history of Nijmegen, starting from pre-historical times, with a focus on the Roman period. In the basement, they have lots of hands on activities for kids to learn about Roman life, architecture, and culture. Our 5 year old loved that part.

This could be a pretty great museum if you consider the collection but unfortunately there is little information in German and almost none in English. I find it hard how you can spend many millions on a new museum, achieve even world heritage status and then spare the comparably small effort to make your museum attractive for foreigners. The staff wasn’t keen to help either and I found nothing but the briefest introductions online.

The overall museum is good but not to the extend of similar museums in comparison. The temporary exposition consistent of severe flickering lights with no warnings to any epilepsy or disabled persons. The quality and themes of the temporary expositions are really the worst that we have seen in any part of the world. The entree fee is on the high end for what you get.

(Translated by Google) Super fun museum. Especially the accessible character is attractive for children. Nice starting point for a visit to Nijmegen (Original) Superleuk museum. Vooral het laagdrempelige karakter is voor kinderen aantrekkelijk. Mooi startpunt voor bezoek aan Nijmegen

(Translated by Google) a lot of information about the roman history of nijmegen, asterix and obelix is ​​missing, hahaha 🤣😂🤣😂😇😇 (Original) veel info over de romeinse geschiedenis van nijmegen , asterix en obelix ontbreken , hahaha 🤣😂🤣😂😇😇

(Translated by Google) Impressive and complete overview of the history of NIjmegen. Nice basement for the kids. A must if you visit NIjmegen! (Original) Indrukwekkend en compleet overzicht van de geschiedenis van NIjmegen. Leuke onderverdieping voor de kids. Een aanrader als je NIjmegen bezoekt!

Interesting parts but did not see the connection between archeology and modern art.

(Translated by Google) Superb museum with a great collection of its own, much of which has a relationship with Nijmegen and its surroundings. (Original) Schitterend museum met een geweldige eigen collectie, waarvan veel een relatie met Nijmegen en omgeving heeft.

(Translated by Google) Particularly appreciative of the conservation of all archaeological objects. The description is not always at a comfortable height. It is also necessary to search for a timeline or other structure in the archaeological part (Original) Met name waardering voor de conservatie van alle archeologische voorwerpen. De beschrijving is niet altijd op comfortabele hoogte. Verder is het zoeken naar een tijdlijn of anders structuur in het archeologische deel

(Translated by Google) informative (Original) informatief

(Translated by Google) Spacious museum with permanent exhibition of local history, masters and archaeological finds. And also regularly beautiful temporary exhibitions (Original) Ruim opgezet museum met vaste tentoonstelling met lokale geschiedenis, meesters en archeologische vondsten. En tevens regelmatig mooie wisseltentoonstellingen

(Translated by Google) Lots to see Too little for a day (Original) Veel te zien Voor een dag te weinig

(Translated by Google) The Museum het Valkhof has an interesting permanent collection and is situated in a beautifully designed building. In addition, nice exhibitions such as Call to commit and Yellow as lemon, red as tomato. (Original) Het Museum het Valkhof heeft een interessante vaste collectie en is gesitueerd in een prachtig vormgegeven gebouw. Daarnaast leuke tentoonstellingen zoals bijv. Call to commit en Geel als citroen, rood als tomaat.

(Translated by Google) They have a nice collection and it is definitely worth a visit. (Original) Ze hebben een mooie collectie en het is zeker is zeker de moeite waard om te bezoeken.

Nice displays, would have enjoyed the special exhibit more if I hadn't had my kid with me, but the place does have several interactive exhibits that are great for kids. Permanent collection showcases a wide range of Nijmegen's history. Cafe is small and so is the selection, plus kitchen is closed early.

The Roman collection was very interesting and diverse. Unfortunately, no English translation of the long descriptions. The area of modern art was closed due to some overlapping exhibition.

Great museum, but go on the days that it's not that busy. Because otherwise you have to wait if you want to see things

If you like the Romans you should definitely come here

me and my friends found a falcon inside the building sitting on top of one of the support beams under the roof but we couldn't figure out wether it was alive or if it was dead and put there on purpose. we stared at it for like 5 minutes but it refused to blink. i don't know how long falcons can go without blinking so i still don't know to this day. that's all i can remember from my visit.

It has a various range of archeology collections. It would be better if English is also used in the description. Currently there are Dutch and German.

Reasonable ticket price, interesting combination of exhibitions, interactive archeological experiences for children as well

(Translated by Google) Large collection of old historical and Roman objects with extensive descriptions. Also some nice tapestries (Original) Ruime collectie oud historische en Romeinse objecten met uitgebreide beschrijvingen. Ook een aantal mooie wandtapijten

(Translated by Google) A great exhibition, actually two exhibitions, the modern pieces are partly skilfully integrated into the historical exhibition, super friendly staff but unfortunately no one who can answer more detailed questions (otherwise five stars. (Original) Eine tolle Ausstellung, na eigentlich zwei Ausstellungen, die modernen Stücke sind teils gekonnt in die historische Ausstellung integriert, super freundliches Personal aber leider niemand der eingehendere Fragen beantworten kann ( sonst gerne fünf Sterne.

Not really big and interesting collection. And all the texts are only in Dutch and German, no English :(

(Translated by Google) Versatile and beautiful. For each his own. The making of 'the face of Nijmegen' is very nice to watch. Impressive. (Original) Veelzijdig en mooi. Voor elk wat wils. The making of 'het gezicht van Nijmegen' is erg leuk om te zien. Indrukwekkend.

(Translated by Google) Informative experience! (Original) Leerzame ervaring!

Quite interesting archeological part, and a bit poor furniture design in compare with the other museums. Space and location very cool.

(Translated by Google) Great variation, although a number of paintings could hang lower. (Original) Grote variatie, al zouden een aantal schilderijen lager mogen hangen.

(Translated by Google) Nice and big museum (Original) Leuk en groot museum

(Translated by Google) Erik Mattijssen and Ineke Hans in one exhibition. Beautifully done, nice overview, good hall booklet included. Come and see! (Original) Erik Mattijssen en Ineke Hans in één tentoonstelling. Prachtig gedaan, mooi overzicht, goed zaalboekje erbij. Komt dat zien!

(Translated by Google) Unusual architecture (Original) Необычная архитектура

(Translated by Google) Surprisingly nice exhibition Ineke Hans and Erik Mattijssen. (Original) Verrassend leuke expositie Ineke Hans en Erik Mattijssen.

(Translated by Google) Beautiful! (Original) Mooi!

(Translated by Google) Wonderful museum to learn about the Romans who camped here. It is a pity that so few real remains can be found in Nijmegen. All of this is built on, but the museum and surroundings with time schedule are worthwhile (Original) Prachtig museum om meer te weten te komen over de Romeinen die hier hun kamp opgeslagen hadden. Jammer dat er verder in Nijmegen zo weinig echte overblijfselen zijn te vinden. Dat alles is bebouwd maar museum en omgeving met tijdpad is de moeite waard

(Translated by Google) Interesting museum. Nice old pieces but the display of yellow is lemon and red is tomato is nice (Original) Interessant museum. Mooie oude stukken maar de tentoonstelling van geel is citroen en rood is tomaat is leuk

Just near the Saturday market. Not a bad experience in general. I think it fits well for families with kids.

(Translated by Google) Nice museum with interesting exhibitions (Original) Leuk museum met interessante tentoonstellingen

(Translated by Google) Friendly staff, lots to see. Only the corona route is a bit unclear (due to the artistic arrows and the random tape planes). Parking is easy in the parking garage in front of the museum. (Original) Vriendelijk personeel, veel te zien. Alleen de corona route is beetje onduidelijk (door de kunstzinnige pijlen en de willekeurige tape vlakken). Parkeren kan makkelijk in de parkeergarage voor het museum.

(Translated by Google) Always a new experience, thanks to the many changing exhibitions. The permanent exhibition also changes regularly on a small scale. The building is nice and spacious and light. The museum (currently closed unfortunately) serves all good coffee. The only downside are the stairs; unpleasant and tiring to use. (Original) Altijd weer een nieuwe ervaring, met dank aan de vele wisselende exposities. Ook de vaste expositie wisselt regelmatig op kleine schaal. Het gebouw is lekker ruimtelijk en licht. Het museum (momenteel helaas gesloten) schenkt alle goede koffie. Enig minpuntje zijn de trappen; onprettig en vermoeiend in gebruik.