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“ HAPPY LABOR DAY”
Happy Labor Day
From Currents
with 88 of his paintings and 182 of his drawings, with
only Amsterdam having more. The KM, closed Mon-
days, has an entrance fee. Even non-museum goers
revel in the calm and intimate setting of the KM,
home to works by Braque, Cézanne, Leger, Manet,
Mondrian, Monet, Picasso, Renoir, Seurat, Signac,
and others.
The 25-hectare (62-acre) sculpture garden com-
prises 150 works by Dubuffet, Hepworth, Maillol,
Moore, Rodin, and others. [See photo of Aristide
Maillol’s “L’Air,” created in 1938.]
Museonder, a natural history museum which
opened in the park in 1993, was Europe’s first under-
ground museum. Also available, by organized tour,
is the St. Hubertus Hunting Lodge, once home to the
park’s founders. St. Hubertus is the patron saint of
hunters.
The park has restaurants and cafes.
The Hoge Veluwe’s unique geography, that of a
terminal moraine, was formed during Europe’s last
Ice Age, when a glacier scraped the land, leaving
debris at its edge.
Drive from Amsterdam (about one hour), or stay
in nearby towns, with Arnhem
(about 5 miles from the park)
offering many hotels. From Arn-
hem, take bus 108, then bus 106
to
Otterlo.
See
www.hogeveluwe.nl/en to plan
your visit.
Mini-bus round-trip tours (with
guide) from Amsterdam Central
train station, to the KM museum,
are about $175.00 USD per per-
son.
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