Kroller-Muller Art and Sculpture Museum

Netherlands/Holland

At last we stayed near enough to reach this Museum east of Amsterdam for a Grand Day Out. It is based on the collection of Helen, wife of a big businessman, and is now in a purpose-built museum in the very large grounds of their estate in the country.

Of the many and very varied exhibits, we concentrated on the Van Goghs.

This is the cafe in Arles, which we have visited, of course, & enjoyed its coffee.  It has more neighbouring businesses crowding round it, these days.

This blossom tree was a painting Neil copied in order to improve his style.

You see some pictures reproduced in many books.  Others are rarely chosen & seldom seen.

A "nice" Picasso, one Sandra can appreciate in this fractured style.

There were also fun things, like this "Brewery", (for you, Steve).


Or these colourful objects - which all you grandchildren would enjoy.

Outside in the beautiful park among the tall trees is a Sculpture Garden. [Frankston has one, too.]  This is the "Email Garden".  It is entered by a little tunnel, leading to the white landscape inside, which is great for kids !

A tall tower of steel tubes held by cables.  The top quivers in even a slight breeze.
Looking up from the bottom, a tight pattern is clear.  It is amazing that it works !

Rodin's Crouching Woman.
We have seen a lot of Asian women crouching over laundry or washing-up, but this one is more elegant.

Neil says good-bye to Monsieur Jacques.
We had strolled round and round all day, while he just stood there, waiting for us to leave.

A Very Special and a high-sensory-input Day.

Wonderful.

We reached it with the help of a very highly organised system of Dutch bus routes with good schedules.  We failed to reach the Museum from Amsterdam 2 years ago because we did not realise how good they are.  The Dutch are organised !