Mapping Netherlands: Cultural Heritage - Institutions

Nederlands Centrum voor Volkscultuur en Immaterieel Erfgoed
Dutch Centre for Folk Culture and Intangible Heritage (information in Dutch only)
Utrecht
The Dutch Centre for Folk Culture and Intangible Heritage contributes to the conservation and promotion of the folk culture and intangible cultural heritage. The centre has an advisory role for governments, stimulates debates and provides support for organizations working in the field of folk culture and intangible cultural heritage. Furthermore, the centre safeguards the UNESCO Convention on Intangible Cultural Heritage within The Netherlands, in cooperation with the Ministry of Education, Culture and Science.

Digitaal Erfgoed Nederland - DEN
DEN foundation
The Hague
The DEN foundation is the Dutch knowledge centre for digital heritage. It supports archives, museums and other heritage institutions to improve their digital strategies and services. By doing so the centre encourages the sector to invest in open technologies, to implement ICT-standards and to make use of other tools that contribute to sustainable information services. DEN is an active partner in national and international heritage and research communities.

Meertens Instituut
Meertens Institute
Amsterdam
The Meertens Institute is a research institute that studies the diversity in language and culture. The main focus is on contemporary research into factors that play a role in determining social identities in the Dutch society. The institute presents the research in various publications, books, databases, symposiums and conferences, and furthermore provides the information to various third parties.

Rijksbureau voor Kunsthistorische Documentatie RKD
Rijksbureau voor Kunsthistorische Documentatie RKD
Amsterdam
The RKD (Netherlands Institute for Art History) is one of the most important art-historical information centres in the world, administering a unique collection of documentary, library and archive material on Western art from the late Middle Ages to the present.

Koninklijk Instituut voor Taal-, Land- en Volkenkunde (KITLV)
Royal Netherlands Institute of Southeast Asian and Caribbean Studies
Leiden
The Royal Netherlands Institute of Southeast and Caribbean Studies supports research on Southeast Asia, the Pacific Area and the Caribbean form the perspective of anthropology, linguistics, social sciences and history, and places special emphasis on the (former) Dutch colonial areas. The institute collects books and documents, supports and conducts research and publishes books and journals.

Koninklijk Instituut voor de Tropen (KIT)
Royal Tropical Institute
Amsterdam
The Royal Tropical Institute in Amsterdam is an independent centre of knowledge and expertise in the areas of international and intercultural cooperation. The institute aims on improving knowledge and different cultures trough exchange and preservation of cultural heritage, museum exhibitions and publications. The Tropenmuseum is part of the Royal Tropical Institute.

CIE, Centre for International Heritage Activities
CIE, Centre for International Heritage Activities
Leiden
The Centre for International Heritage Activities is an independent knowledge centre for international cultural heritage cooperation and aims to increase collaboration, common understanding and knowledge in the cultural heritage field by bringing professionals together. The centre maintains a worldwide network, manages cultural heritage programmes and platforms, and furthermore shares know-how and best practices.

ICOMOS Nederland
International Council on Monuments and Sites The Netherlands
Zeist
The International Council on Monuments and Sites (ICOMOS) is an international, non-governmental organisation for the protection and exchange of theory, methodology and technology to conserve and protect places of cultural value. ICOMOS is the official advisor to UNESCO on matters related to cultural World Heritage Sites. ICOMOS Netherlands is the contact point for Dutch heritage organisations and foreign partners.

CLUE, Research Institute for the heritage and history of the Cultural Landscape and Environment
CLUE, Research Institute for the heritage and history of the Cultural Landscape and Environment
Amsterdam
CLUE carries interdisciplinary and innovative research into the history, heritage and present-day transformation of cultural landscapes and urban environments. CLUE carries out academic research projects, publishes books, organizes conferences, courses, debates and seminars.