Kröller-Müller Museum
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The Kröller-Müller Museum is an art museum, near the village of Otterlo in the Netherlands. The museum has a considerable collection of paintings by Vincent van Gogh (such as Cafe Terrace at Night), making it the second-largest collection of Van Gogh paintings in the world (after the Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam). Apart from the Van Gogh paintings other highlights include works by Piet Mondrian, Bart van der Leck, Georges Seurat and Pablo Picasso. The Kröller-Müller museum is also famous for its large sculpture garden, which includes works by Auguste Rodin, Henry Moore and Joep van Lieshout.
The museum is named after Helene Kröller-Müller, an avid art collector who was one of the first to recognize Van Gogh's genius and collect his works. In 1935 she donated her whole collection to the state of the Netherlands. In 1938 the museum, designed by Henry van de Velde opened. The sculpture garden was added in 1961 and the new exhibition wing (designed by Wim Quist opened in 1977.
The Kröller-Müller museum it is located in the centre of the National Park "de Hoge Veluwe".
The St. Hubertusslot, a building designed by the architect Berlage, is now also part of the museum.
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