I hope that this Foundation [the Dutch Army Museum] will be permanent and will contribute to making every Dutch citizen aware of their duty to demonstrate that they are worthy descendants of their forefathers.
[General F.A. Hoefer, founder of the Army Museum, 1926 Annual Report]
Collection
The Museum contains and manages more than 500,000 objects. These include weapons and uniforms, but also personal books, handwritten documents, paintings, prints and photos; the Museum also has a large collection of vehicles, including tanks, and even rockets the Second World War V-weapons. The Museum can call itself a centre of knowledge and information with some justification. You can apply to us with many questions on military heritage. The Museum has a library, which includes not only our own collection but also the old libraries of the Ministry of War and the Royal Archives. The Army Museum library is the largest military-historical library in the Netherlands and it is open to everyone on appointment.
The collection is photographed, recorded and restored. Dozens of staff are busily occupied with the objects describing them, protecting them from the ravages of time and collecting information about them. Their knowledge and expertise are also at the disposal of everyone involved in the preservation of our military heritage.
A large part of our unique collection can be seen online on www.collectie.legermuseum.nl. The texts are at the moment only available in Dutch.
