Most of the BKVE collection consists of drawings collected by Cornelis van Eesteren. These include drawings by Karel Appel, Willy Baumeister, Cesar Domela, Hannah Höch, Vilmos Huszar, Fernand Léger, Jan Roelf Mensinga, Lazlo Moholy-Nagy, Karl Moser and Friedrich Vordemberge-Gildewart.
In addition, the collection contains several objects by the visual artist Bruno Mertens (from Mertens' archive), a plaster face by Toon Kramer, a painting by Rietveld and lithographs and designs by other artists.