Digitization: Memory of the Netherlands
Pictura has digitized a great deal of images and objects for the Memory of the Netherlands.
Rijksmuseum van Oudheden, LeidenArchealogical finds from the Netherlands
More than 9700 finds from Dutch soil, from the prehistory, the Roman era and the Middle Ages from the collection of the National Museum of Antiquities.

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IISG, AmsterdamIISG, Amsterdam
Pictures, prints, posters, standards, brochures and other objects from the International Institute for Social History.

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Sociaal Historisch Centrum voor LimburgMaastricht earthenware decorations, 1836-1969
18,000 decorations in various techniques, used by the Maastrichtian Petrus Regout/Sphinx and Société Céramique factories to garnish their ceramics assortment. Collection from the Sociaal Historisch Centrum voor Limburg.

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Zuiderzeemuseum, EnkhuizenSeven centuries of Zuiderzee history
Life and work around the Zuiderzee in paintings, pictures, ships and ship models, sea maps and clothing from the Zuiderzee Museum.

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Historisch Centrum Overijssel

Stork photo collection, 1868-1968
One hundred years of machine factory Stork in the picture. 10,000 photos of machines and the life around the factory, from the Historic Centre of Overijssel.

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Persmuseum, AmsterdamThe political cartoons of Peter van Straaten
2000 political cartoons of Peter van Straaten in the possession of the Press Museum make a visual chronicle of the Netherlands from 1969 to 2001.

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Kleurseparatiebeelden van Bernard F. EilersColor separation images by Bernard F. Eilers
Based on the color negatives of photographer Bernard F. Eilers, 309 color photographs from the twenties and thirties of the 20th century were reconstructed.

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Nederland in Portretten - Begin 20e eeuwThe Netherlands in portraits – early 20th century
30,000 captioned portrait photographs from the first quarter of the twentieth century from the collection of the Centraal Bureau voor Genealogie.

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Album amicorum A.L.G. Bosboom-Toussaint, 1882Liber amicorum A.L.G. Bosboom-Toussaint, 1882
In 1882 the writer Anna Louisa Geertruida Bosboom-Toussaint was presented with a Liber Amicorum. The list of its contributors presents a cross section of the 19th century cultural elite.

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De Niestadt foto-collectie van het Zijper MuseumThe Niestadt photo collection of the Zijpe Museum
4000 photos from the region of Schagen (North-Holland), mostly in the period from 1940 to 1980, made by (press)photographers Willem and Lubèrt Niestadt.

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Het militaire levenMilitary Life
Uniform books, ego documents, pictures of troops and sketches of battles from the collection of the Army Museum show the military life since the Eighty Years’ War.

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Portretten en afbeeldingen van joods Nederland rond 1900Jewish protraits and images from the Netherlands around 1900
Portraits, picture postcards, prints and graphics offer an image of the diversity of Jewish life in the Netherlands around 1900 (Jewish Historical Museum).

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Kennis als kunst: botanische onderwijsplaten 1870 - 1960Knowledge as Art: educational botanical wall charts, 1870-1960
Handmade and printed botanical educational wall charts offer an image of almost a century of botanical research and education in the Netherlands.

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