Nationaal Archief
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The Nationaal Archief is the national archive of the Netherlands
, located in The Hague
. It houses collections for the central government, the province of Zuid-Holland, and the former County of Holland. There is also material from private institutions and individuals with an association to the Dutch government
or the political or social history of the Netherlands
. The Nationaal Archief holds the Archives of the Dutch East India Company from 1602–1811, which were, along with related records held by South Africa, India, Sri Lanka, and Indonesia, inscribed on UNESCO's
Memory of the World Programme
Register in 2003 in recognition of their historical value.
Recently, the photographic archives of Spaarnestad Photo
were included in the Nationaal Archief. It has been announced that Wikipedia will get user rights over a large number of photos from these archives.
The Netherlands Antilles
have a separate Nationaal Archief, which will be dissolved when the dissolution of the Netherlands Antilles will take place.
Netherlands
The Netherlands is a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, located mainly in North-West Europe and with several islands in the Caribbean. Mainland Netherlands borders the North Sea to the north and west, Belgium to the south, and Germany to the east, and shares maritime borders...
, located in The Hague
The Hague
The Hague is the capital city of the province of South Holland in the Netherlands. With a population of 500,000 inhabitants , it is the third largest city of the Netherlands, after Amsterdam and Rotterdam...
. It houses collections for the central government, the province of Zuid-Holland, and the former County of Holland. There is also material from private institutions and individuals with an association to the Dutch government
Politics of the Netherlands
The politics of the Netherlands take place within the framework of a parliamentary representative democracy, a constitutional monarchy and a decentralised unitary state. The Netherlands is described as a consociational state...
or the political or social history of the Netherlands
History of the Netherlands
The history of the Netherlands is the history of a maritime people thriving on a watery lowland river delta at the edge of northwestern Europe. When the Romans and written history arrived in 57 BC, the country was sparsely populated by various tribal groups at the periphery of the empire...
. The Nationaal Archief holds the Archives of the Dutch East India Company from 1602–1811, which were, along with related records held by South Africa, India, Sri Lanka, and Indonesia, inscribed on UNESCO's
UNESCO
The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization is a specialized agency of the United Nations...
Memory of the World Programme
Memory of the World Programme
UNESCO's Memory of the World Programme is an international initiative launched to safeguard the documentary heritage of humanity against collective amnesia, neglect, the ravages of time and climatic conditions, and willful and deliberate destruction...
Register in 2003 in recognition of their historical value.
Recently, the photographic archives of Spaarnestad Photo
Spaarnestad Photo
Spaarnestad Photo is an independent institution located on the Groot Heiligland 47 in Haarlem, in the Netherlands, whose goal is to preserve around 5 million photos. It was founded in 1985. In 2008, the photographic archives of Spaarnestad Photo were included in the Nationaal Archief...
were included in the Nationaal Archief. It has been announced that Wikipedia will get user rights over a large number of photos from these archives.
The Netherlands Antilles
Netherlands Antilles
The Netherlands Antilles , also referred to informally as the Dutch Antilles, was an autonomous Caribbean country within the Kingdom of the Netherlands, consisting of two groups of islands in the Lesser Antilles: Aruba, Bonaire and Curaçao , in Leeward Antilles just off the Venezuelan coast; and Sint...
have a separate Nationaal Archief, which will be dissolved when the dissolution of the Netherlands Antilles will take place.