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Dutch Institutions abroad
Collections of Art-historical documentation in the Netherlands

ARNHEM

Nederlands Openluchtmuseum / BiDoc

Netherlands Open-air Museum / Library and documentation archives

Schelmseweg 89 / P.O. Box 649, 6800 AP Arnhem
Tel: 026-3576255, Fax: 026-3576147, E-mail: BiDoc@openluchtmuseum.nl
Librarian H. Lunenborg (head of the department) / J. van Aalst (documentation archives)
Opening hours Mon-Thu 10.00-12.00, by appointment
Conditions of use Consultation only
Services Reference assistance / photographic services / café; restaurant in the museum
WWW-site http://www.openluchtmuseum.nl

Size 30,000 volumes, 4300 current and 800 discontinued periodicals
Character and emphasis The Nederlands Openlucht Museum was founded in 1912 to preserve and present a selection of characteristic buildings, mostly rural, complete with their furnishings. Its aim is to aqaint visitors with the way of life of the Dutch people and its material reflexion in the countryside and the smaller towns from the 16th century to the present day. The library (1946) and the documentation archives (1948) support and reflect the the museum's objectives, specializing in European folklore and ethnology, Dutch national, regional and local history, socio-economic history, applied arts, industrial archaeology, daily life, regional costume, rural buildings and their decoration, all emphasizing rural areas. In 2002 the library has been resized in all, so he collections have been reduced to 50%. Most of the lost books are transferred to the Meertens Institute in Amsterdam.

Special collections

  • The museum holds a collection of prints and drawings of rural buildings
  • The documentation archives hold 175,000 photographs documenting regional costumes and customs, agrarian pursuits, trades and crafts, rural architecture; popular prints and cut-outs; needlework; and a collection of drawings of rural buildings
  • The library of the Stichting Historisch Boerderij-onderzoek: this foundation engages in research on rural architecture in the Netherlands. Beside a specialized library it maintains its own photo-archives and a collection of measured drawings of farmbuildings
  • Microforms, films, photographs, slides, videos; presscuttings (discontinued)
Access Open shelves, periodicals are in a closed stack.

Catalogues

  • Automated catalogue (since 1987), containing about 40 % of the holdings; periodicals are included in NCC
  • Alphabetical, systematic and topographical card catalogues
  • A separate index on relevant articles from periodicals and composite works
Publications List of acquisitions, twice yearly
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