About the museum

The NMM is part of Stichting Koninklijke Defensiemusea (Royal Defense Museums Foundation). This includes the Navy Museum in Den Helder and Marines Museum in Rotterdam.

Joint mission and vision statement

The Royal Defence Museums are the custodians of the military heritage of the Dutch armed forces. We bring the history and significance of this heritage to life for everyone. We manage a unique collection of objects and stories that illuminate the military past, present and future of the Netherlands. We bring the rich military history of the Netherlands closer and pass on this valuable heritage to future generations.

With our collection and museums, we inspire and connect as many people as possible with the stories of the Dutch armed forces. So that everyone recognises the significance of the armed forces in our history and we contribute to a better understanding of the world and the challenges of today. We tell the military story of the Netherlands through unique objects, personal stories of service personnel and events that resonate.

The National Military Museum was created as a result of the merger of the Legermuseum (Army Museum) in Delft and the Militair Luchtvaart Museum (Military Aviation Museum) in Soest. The Army and Air Force decided to build a joint new museum to secure both collections for the future. In addition, the Navy Museum in Den Helder and the Marines Museum in Rotterdam were placed in a joint foundation. The establishment of the Stichting Koninklijke Defensiemusea (Royal Defence Museums Foundation) was a fact.

The Stichting Defensiemusea (Defence Museums Foundation) was established on June 24, 2014. As of January 1, 2015, the designation ‘Koninklijke’ (‘Royal’) was granted by His Majesty King Willem-Alexander. The foundation has since been called the Stichting Koninklijke Defensiemusea (SKD).

The visiting address: Verlengde Paltzerweg 1, 3768 MX at Soest
Postal address: PO Box 6, 3760 AA in Soest
Phone number: 085-0036000
E-mail address: info@defensiemusea.nl
Website: defensiemusea.nl

The Royal Defence Museums Foundation (SKD) has been recognized as an Institution for General Benefit (ANBI) by the Tax Authorities with effect from 25 June 2014. The three museums that are part of the SKD fall under the same recognition.

National Military Museum at Soesterberg
Navy Museum, Den Helder
Marines Museum, Rotterdam

Institutions for general benefit (ANBI’s) can make use of certain tax benefits for inheritance, gifts, donations and the energy tax. Institutions that have been designated as an ANBI have these tax advantages. An additional gift deduction applies to donors of cultural ANBI’s as of 1 January 2012. This stimulates donations to cultural ANBI’s.

The Stichting Koninklijke Defensiemusea (Royal Defence Museums Foundation) has a statutory management board consisting of one or more directors. The number of directors is determined by the Supervisory Board. The Supervisory Board has appointed Frankwin van Beers as general director. He is assisted in this task by a management team.

Management team

Frankwin van Beers, general director SKD;
Coen Zijlstra, operations manager SKD;
Eijda Tervoort, location manager Navy Museum;
Jeroen Roskam, location manager Marines Museum;
Michaela van Grinsven, manager Collection;
vacant, Marketing & Communications manager.

Supervisory Board

The SKD has a Supervisory Board that supervises the realization of the (social) goals in the broadest possible context and the general course of events within the foundation and its affiliated organization. The number of members of the Supervisory Board is determined by the Board itself. Members of the Supervisory Board are appointed by the Minister of Defence, on the recommendation of the Supervisory Board.

The composition of the Supervisory Board is as follows:

Mr. L.E.C. van de Leemput (chairman)
Mr. R. Verkerk
Mr. L.J.A. Beulen
Mr. P. de Haan
Mr. A.A. Peperkoorn
Mrs. M.D. Donga
Mrs. E.M. Lammens
Mr. G.J. van der Snoek

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Joint mission and vision statement

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