The ANCODS stakeholders acting on behalf of the Netherlands government are the Ministry of Finance and the Ministry of Education, Culture and Science. The Nederlands Scheepvaartmuseum (Netherlands Maritime Museum) and the Geldmuseum (Money Museum) are the repositories for the Dutch ANCODS collection.

The two current Dutch ANCODS committee members are Andrea Otte from the Rijksdienst voor Archeologie, Cultuurlandschap en Monumenten. (Netherlands Department for the Preservation of Archaeological Heritage, Cultural Landscapes and Historic Buildings - RACM) and a representative of The Royal Netherlands Embassy in Canberra.

Nederlands Scheepvaartmuseum Amsterdam
Netherlands Maritime Museum Amsterdam

The Netherlands Maritime Museum in Amsterdam resulted from the cooperation between a private museum enterprise and the Netherlands government. The Nederlandsch Historisch Scheepvaartmuseum in Amsterdam was financed by private money when it opened the doors of its small building to the public in 1922. Over time its collection was enlarged through active acquisition by wealthy collectors and enthusiastic amateurs. Money for the museum came from shipping companies, shipyards, banks, merchant houses, and insurance companies. The artefacts and exhibits were donated by individuals as well as industry, including the Royal Netherlands Navy. Even before World War II the collection had already grown to be one of the most important maritime collections in the world.

The Scheepvaart Museum involvement with the ANCODS project started after it became a National Museum in 1968 under the portfolio of the Ministry of Education, Culture and Science. The museum holds around 300 ANCODS objects.

Today the Nederlands Scheepvaartmuseum Amsterdam is mainly financed by the national government. The museum's collection was moved to the spacious 17th century's Lands Zeemagazijn, the former storehouse of the Admiralty of Amsterdam, built in 1656 and a good example of the architectural style of Dutch classicism of its 'Golden Age'. The museum is currently under construction for major restoration and refurbishment. It will re-open to the public in 2010.

Geldmuseum
Money Museum

The Geldmuseum (Money Museum) in Utrecht was founded on the 14th of February 2004

• by the Department of Education, Culture and Science and its numismatic repository the Rijksmuseum Het Koninklijk Penningkabinet (Royal Coin Cabinet) in Leiden,

• the Department of Public Finance and its repository the Nederlands Muntmuseum (Dutch Mint Museum) in Utrecht,

• the Nederlandsche Bank (Dutch Central Bank) in Amsterdam and

• the Rijks Munt (Royal Dutch Mint) in Utrecht.

The museum is housed in the building of the Royal Dutch Mint in Utrecht and curates the merged collections of these four institutions as well as a numismatic collection owned by the Friends of the Museum.

The resulting monetary-historic collection is unique for its wide variety of objects and amounts to approximately 400.000 objects. These include coins, medals, paper money, gemstones, exotic money, saving boxes, pictures, laboratory-equipment, coin-weights and coin weight boxes, designs, coin dies, plaster casts, proclamations for coin circulation and a variety of production equipment. The museum also features a library and documentation collection.

Currently the museum's exhibitions centre on the social history of monetary culture, seeking to provide answers to questions such as 'What do people do with their money?' and 'What does money do to people?' At the same time, the core value of the collection lies in its preservation of the numismatic heritage of the Netherlands. The Money Museum strives to maintain this traditional focus. Future projects will centre on collecting stories and oral histories.

The Money Museum became involved with ANCODS through the Royal Coin Cabinet at Leiden as one of the merging parties by its affiliation with the Department of Education, Culture and Science. It was the Coin Cabinet that originally held custody of a collection of approximately 800 coins from the shipwreck of the Vergulde Draeck.