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Museum Het Valkhof

Located in Nijmegen Municipality, Gelderland Coordinates: 51°50′47″ N 5°52′16″ E

Museum Het Valkhof
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Nearest town
Nijmegen
1.3 km W
Local time
UTC+01:00
Europe/Amsterdam · UTC+01:00
Elevation
38 m
above sea level
When to go
June–August
See the climate
Airports
NRN Weeze (Niederrhein) Airport33 km
EIN Eindhoven Airport56 km

About Museum Het Valkhof

Museum Het Valkhof is a museum. Location: Nijmegen Municipality, Gelderland.

From Wikipedia

The Valkhof Museum (Dutch: Museum Het Valkhof) is an archaeology and art museum in Nijmegen, Netherlands. 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.

Source: Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0

At a glance

Built
1999
Visitors per year
95,653 (2013)
Official website
museumhetvalkhof.nl

Source: Wikidata

Climate of Museum Het Valkhof

Best months for sightseeing

Best months for sightseeing: June–August.

This month · November

A cold month

Day 9° · Night 3° · Rain 75 mm

Hottest month
August (day 23°)
Coldest month
February (night 0°)
Wettest month
December (79 mm)
Driest month
April (47 mm)

Bars: average monthly low and high temperature. Below: precipitation. Monthly averages for 1970–2000 at about 18 km resolution, adjusted for elevation. Highlighted months are mild and relatively dry. Source: WorldClim 2.1 (CC BY 4.0).

Show values as a table
Climate of Museum Het Valkhof
Month JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Average high (°C)5°6°9°13°18°20°23°23°19°14°9°6°
Average low (°C)0°0°2°4°8°11°12°12°10°6°3°1°
Precipitation (mm)725068475973685872707579

Other places to visit in this season: June July August

How to get to Museum Het Valkhof

The nearest airport is Weeze (Niederrhein) Airport (NRN), 33 km to the southeast as the crow flies. The nearest large city is Nijmegen, 1 km to the west.

Airports

  • Weeze (Niederrhein) Airport (NRN) Weeze 33 kmsoutheast
  • Eindhoven Airport (EIN) Eindhoven 56 kmsouthwest
  • Düsseldorf Airport (DUS) Düsseldorf 88 kmsoutheast

Nearby large cities

  • Nijmegen Population: 177.4K 1 kmwest
  • Arnhem Population: 162.4K 15 kmnorth
  • Apeldoorn Population: 136.7K 41 kmnorth
  • 's-Hertogenbosch Population: 160.8K 42 kmsouthwest
  • Amersfoort Population: 139.9K 48 kmnorthwest

Straight-line distances; road distances are longer. Airport data: OurAirports.

Day trips from Museum Het Valkhof

Within 100 km: 259 historic and cultural sites, 393 natural sites, 289 lakes, rivers and coasts.

0–25 km50 places

  • Wijlermeer Lake 6 kmSE
  • Strang Lake 21 kmE
  • Forst Tiergarten Natural site 18 kmE
  • Salmorth Natural site 18 kmE

25–60 km207 places

  • Kasteel Arcen Historic site 47 kmSE
  • Schmales Meer Lake 39 kmE
  • Millinger Meer Lake 36 kmE
  • Lange Renne Lake 44 kmE

60–100 km684 places

  • IJsselmonde Island 93 kmW
  • Putjensberg Mountain 62 kmN
  • Zandbergen Natural site 89 kmSW
  • Zeven-Heerlijkhedenheide Natural site 79 kmSW

Straight-line distances.

Nearby attractions & nature

Everything nearby

Nearest towns and villages

  • Nijmegen City, Nijmegen Municipality
    1.3 km W
  • Hunnerberg Village, Nijmegen Municipality
    0.7 km SE
  • Lent Town, Nijmegen Municipality
    1.7 km N
  • Hengstdal Neighbourhood, Nijmegen Municipality
    1.7 km SE

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