During a guided tour of the building, you will experience the history and admire the beautiful art collection of the province.
House of the Province
This years theme for Open Monument Day is: Heritage and Architecture. The ongoing guided tours through the building focus on this theme. No registration is required for these tours. Groups will start when there are enough participants.
Art and architecture come together
In September 1944, during World War II, the old provincial house was destroyed by bombings. During the reconstruction of the city, it was decided to place the provincial house on the south side of a larger market square. Architect J.J.M. Vegter designed it. He was inspired by Scandinavian architectural style. The building is intended for both the government and the residents. The Sabelpoort connects the old with the new. In the provincial house, art and architecture come together. Art can be seen in many places in the building. Thus, the provincial house became a symbol of hope and recovery for the Netherlands.
Art collection with guided tours
Especially for Open Monument Day 2025, we are organizing tours of artworks from the provincial collection. These tours are on Saturday, September 13 at 11:00 and 13:00. Participation is free, and no registration is required. The tours are themed around the European theme: Doors to the past, Windows to the future.
Themes such as feasibility and adaptability are a connecting factor in the tour: from works from the reconstruction period to recent art. It will address: how nostalgic is todays art, and how future-oriented is the art of the past?
Exhibition Not the dot but the line
Part of the tour is also a visit to the exhibition Not the dot but the line, featuring artworks from the art collection of the province of Gelderland in which the horizon is visible. These works invite you to move along the horizon, as if you are sitting on a train looking out the window at the landscape. With elements from the past and present, but also with a view of a possible future.
Finally, there will be a small presentation of artworks in which windows and doors literally play a role. They entice the viewer to imagine themselves in another time and place.