Archief – Sonsbeek

Help us with the Sonsbeek art project archive?

Sonsbeek has a remarkable history that demands to be archived and shared. In 2019, a start was made with setting up a Sonsbeek archive, in collaboration with our audiences, with creative makers and thinkers and various partners of the Gelders Archief, cultural center Rozet and ArtEZ. This ensures that stories, experiences (oral history) and objects are archived.

Do you also have something about or from Sonsbeek that you would like to donate, or have digitized for the Sonsbeek archive? Experiences and memories that you would like to share? We would love to hear from you! Let us know via petra@sonsbeek.org.

Did you know that most of the material in the archive of Sonsbeek can be found in the Gelders Archief in Arnhem? If you would like to know more about an edition, artwork or artist, we recommend that you consult the search engine on the website of the Gelders Archief. Here you can find a link.

Stay tuned to see the archive grow, and learn more about exceptional, sometimes hidden, histories.

Archive display in collaboration with Rozet

Sonsbeek Art Project Miniatures from the Uitnacht 2025
Wander through the history of Sonsbeek. We are celebrating the 75th anniversary of Sonsbeek by making a collection of miniature artworks of the works that were exhibited during the past twelve Sonsbeek exhibition, of are still visible in Arnhem. In other words, together we are reviving the collection of Sonsbeek! The start took place during the Uitnacht at Rozet on 24 January 2025. During the Kunstproeverij on 1 June in the south of Arnhem over fifteen new miniatures were made. Our event at Bruishuis on 13 August is coming up. You can join us withouth applying!

The miniature collection will slowly become bigger, and will be exhibited at different times. Inside the Archive display at Rozet, along the stairs from the 4th to the 5th floor, you can see the result from the Uitnacht. Which works do you recognize?

The miniatures are created by: Marya Pimitrova, Mitu Farchana, Sara Jeddi, Louise, Maher, Nadia, Kritika, Joost Liepert, Mushan, Emmely Waterink, Yvo, Karin Leferink, Maëlle, Lorena Schenk, Nelleke Vermeulen en Sushomita.

Fietsroute oud Sonsbeek kunstprojecten kunstwerken

In 2021, together with Theo Brink from Stichting Kunst in de Publieke Ruimte Arnhem, Sonsbeek made a cycling route through Arnhem along works of art from previous editions of Sonsbeek that can still be seen in Arnhem's public space. The route starts at the Molenplaats in Park Sonsbeek and goes past no fewer than 30 works of art. A work from almost every previous edition can still be seen: you cycle through a piece of history, as it were, from the war memorial of Nel Klaassen from Sonsbeek '49 to the ping-pong table of Louie Cordero from Sonsbeek '16: transACTION. Who knows, new works may be added in the future!

In addition to the artworks, you will see a lot of Arnhem. You drive through Park Sonsbeek, pass cemetery park Moscowa, Presikhaaf, you will come close to the Rhine and you will even cross the Rhine bridge to Arnhem-Zuid. The route is approximately 25 km, but you can choose to cycle part of it or do the route in several stages.

The booklet is free to download below. There is also a map created by Theo Brink on which all works are displayed.

Please note: it is no longer permitted to cycle in Park Sonsbeek. This cycle route was linked to the 2021 exhibition and this part is therefore no longer applicable.