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Committee on Antarctic Research, Netherlands Council of Oceanic Research

Type:	Organisation
Website:	www.jhu.edu/~scor
Address:	Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences, PO Box 19121, NL-1000 GC Amsterdam. Tel +31-20-222902
Activities:	National Member of SCAR.

Museon

Type:	Museum
Website:	www.museon.nl
Address:	Hemsterhuisstrat 2E and 154, NL-2513 RD 's-Gravenhage
Year of foundation:	1904
Collections:	The Arctic Gallery was founded in 1933 based on collections brought back from East Greenland by Tinbergen and Van Lohuizen (1932-33). Additional ethnographic material has been obtained on several expeditions by G. Nooter.

Nederlands Scheepvaart Museum [Netherlands Maritime Museum]

Type:	Museum
	[Netherlands Maritime Museum]
Website:	www.scheepvaartmuseum.nl
Address:	Kattenburgerplein 1, NL-1018 KK Amsterdam
Telephone:	+31-20-5232-222
Fax:	+31-20-5232-213
Year of foundation:	1916, opened in 1922
Collections:	Artefacts, manuscripts, maps and charts relating to the Dutch whaling industry from the fifteenth century onwards. Includes much material from the seven Arctic voyages of the schooner Willem Barents (1878-1884). Library
Publications:	Catalogus der Bibliotheek (Cannenburg, 1960)

Netherlands Arctic Research Committee

Type:	Organisation
Address:	c/o Netherlands Geosciences Foundation, Laan van Nieuw Oost Indie 131, NL-2593 BM The Hague

Netherlands Geosciences Foundation (GOA)

Type:	Organisation
Address:	Laan van Nieuw Oost Indie 131, NL-2593 BM The Hague
E-mail:	goa@nwo.nl
Telephone:	+31-70-344-0780
Fax:	+31-70-383-2173
Activities:	Coordinating agency for Dutch Antarctic and Arctic research activities.

Rijksmuseum "Zuiderzeemuseum"

Type:	Museum
Address:	Wierdijk 18, PO Box 42, NL-1601, LA Enkhuisen
Telephone:	+31-22980-10122
Year of foundation:	1948
Collections:	Extensive collection of scrimshaw, paintings and other artefacts associated with the Dutch whaling industry.

Rijksmuseum voor Volkenkunde [National Museum of Ethnology]

Type:	Museum
	[National Museum of Ethnology]
Website:	www.rmv.nl
Address:	Steenstraat 1, PO Box 212, NL-2300 AE Leiden
Telephone:	+31-71-211824
Fax:	+31-71-128437
Year of foundation:	1837
Collections:	Carries out research and displays material from Greenland (especially East Greenland), Siberia (especially Nivkhi and Orochi), Alaska (Aleuts and Eskimo), and northern Scandinavia (Saami).

Rijksuniversiteit Groningen, Arctisch Centrum [Arctic Centre]

Type:	Organisation
	[Arctic Centre]
Address:	Oude Kijk in 't Jatstraat 26, PO Box 716, 9700 AS Groningen, NL-9712 EK
E-mail:	arctisch@let.rug.nl
Telephone:	+31-50-3636-834
Fax:	+31-50-363-4900
Year of foundation:	1969
Activities:	Interdisciplinary research centre of the Humanities Faculty. Subjects studied include linguistics, history, cultural geography, glaciology, ecology and Arctic natural resources. Organizes international symposia (9th, 1992).
Publications:	Circumpolar Journal (1986-, 2pa); Walvisvaart in de Gouden Euew: Opravingen op Spiitsbergen (Hacquebord, 1988); and many more

Teyler's Museum Library

Type:	Library
Website:	http://teylersmuseum.eu/index.php?item=54
Address:	P.O. Box 333, NL 2000 AH, Haarlem, Netherlands
Telephone:	+31-23-319010
Fax:	+31-23-342004
Notes:	Founded, together with the Foundation itself, in 1778. Library specializes in natural history. There is a small collection of polar literature from the l8th and l9th centuries, with only some titles from the 2Oth century. DESCRIPTION OF POLAR COLLECTION: Chiefly polar voyages from the l8th and l9th centuries, bought for reasons of flora/fauna/geology content.