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National Archives of the Netherlands

National Archives of the Netherlands

The Nationaal Archief (Dutch National Archives) is the ‘national memory’ of the Netherlands. We hold 110 kilometres of documents, photos and maps both from the central government, as well as from organizations and persons of national importance (past and present).

News- and press releases

  • Documents New West India Company (1674-1791) digitized
    News
    24 January 2012 (All day)
    This month a start is made with conserving and digitizing part of the archive of the Second or New West India Company (NWIC). The project is financed by the Metamorfoze program. The collection will be available on www.gahetna.nl as soon as digitization is finalized. The archive of the Old West India Company (1621-1674) is already on line.
  • Koninklijke Bibliotheek and Nationaal Archief to move forward together
    Press
    10 January 2012
    The Koninklijke Bibliotheek (KB: National Library) and the Nationaal Archief (NA: National Archives) of the Netherlands will be integrated into one organization. This was decided by the Cabinet on 23 December following a proposal from Secretary of State Zijlstra (OCW: Ministry of Education, Culture and Science). The integration is a logical continuation of the substantial cooperation between both...

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