Permanent Collection
Being the successor to the Nijmegen Museum Commanderie van Sint Jan and the Provincial Museum G.M. Kam the new museum Het Valkhof opened its doors to visitors in the spring of 1999. The building was designed by the Amsterdam architect Ben van Berkel and is situated in the town's centre, directly opposite the historic heart of Nijmegen, the Valkhofpark.

Old and modern art come together in Museum Het Valkhof. In the museum's own collections there is - among others - one of the largest collections of Roman artefacts and art objects in the Netherlands. There are also special prehistoric and early medieval finds from Nijmegen and Gelderland.
Moreover there is a splendid collection concerning the cultural history of the Kwartier van Nijmegen. The 'Kanis family triptych', the monumental 'View of the Valkhof castle' by Jan van Goyen and the painting of the 'Nijmegen Peace' by Henry Gascard are the highlights of this collection. The museum also has unique collections of Nijmegen silver and guild objects.

The collection of modern and contemporary art contains more than 500 paintings and 2000 works on paper, which represent a number of Dutch modern plastic arts from the 1960s to the present; these include Pop Art, Fundamental Art, Reliefs/Assemblies and Contemporary Expressionism.