CODA museum in Apeldoorn is a museum for contemporary art and regional history. As a museum for contemporary art we have been specializing in jewels and paper art.

The Apeldoorns museum together with the Public Library and Municipal Archives, is a unique combination in the Netherlands. CODA is situated in the middle of the Culture Quarter, the sparkling cultural heart of Apeldoorn. The building is a creation of the architect Herman Hertzberger.


Here you can enjoy superb architecture, a rich permanent collection and exciting exhibitions as well as the possibility of digging up further information in the Library. 

The CODA Collection of contemporary and modern art 


Autonomous Art: paintings, sculptures and graphical works of CoBrA artists, the Zerogroep, Lucebert, Corneille, Bram van Velde, Jan Sierhuis en Robert Terwindt, Carel Visser, Peter Struycken, Henk Peeters, Berend Hendriks, Ad Dekkers, Jan Schoonhoven, Raveel, Hannes Postma, Klaas Gubbels, Theo Elfrink, Nicolas Dings, Helen Frik, Arno Kramer, Rineke Marsman, Hans van Hoek, Berend Hoekstra, Paul Damsté.

Artist's books: this collection has been built as from 1978. artist's books are books which have been conceived by artists as works of art and are (or not) in print.
There are books of (among others) Karel Appel, John Baldessari, Stanley Brown, James Lee Byars, Ulises Carrion, Hanne Darboven, Jan Dibbets, Michael Gibbs, Krijn Giezen, Gilbert & George, Sigurdur Gudmundsson, On Kawara, Richard Long, Soll Lewitt, George Maciunas, Edward Ruscha, W. Sandberg, David Tremlett en Emmett Williams.

Photography: the emphasis lies on contemporary pioneers who use photography as expressive means. Work of (among others): Paul de Nooyer, Jan Dibbets, Teun Hocks, David Ward en Duane Michals, M.S. Kryzanowski

Jewels: The collection gives a good overview from approx. 1960. The evolution of goldsmith to jewel designer can be well observed in the collection which shows the evolution of the modern Jewelry. There are (among others) works of Emmy van Leersum, Gijs Bakker, Françoise van den Bosch, Nicolaas van Beek, Marion Herbst, Onno Boekhoudt, Ruudt Peters, Dorothea Prühl 

Opening hours

Mondays closed

Tue 10.00 - 17.30 h
Wed 10.00 - 17.30 h
Thu 10.00 - 20.30 h
Fri 10.00 - 17.30 h
Sat 10.00 - 17.00 h
Sun 13.00 - 17.00 h 


Prices 
Adults: € 5.00.
Children under 16 years free.

Library members have free access to CODA museum with their CODA Bibliotheek-pass!

Members and sponsors of the association friends of the Apeldoorns museum: free with Vrienden-pass.
Holders CJP-pass 50% discount
ANWB show your card € 3.50.
Access with museum card is free.
At particular exhibitions special prices may apply.


Yearly museum card for 30.00  (for young people for 15.00 € ), offers free or reduced access up to more than four hundred Dutch museums.