Plan your visit

Monday - Thursday: 9.00 – 17.00

The reading room is closed on Fridays, Saturdays, Sundays, and on the following public holidays:

2026

•    1 January    New Year's Day
•    3 April         Good Friday
•    6 April         Easter Monday
•    27 April       King's Day
•    4 May          Monday before Liberation Day
•    5 May          Liberation Day
•    14 May        Ascension Day
•    15 May        Friday after Ascension Day
•    25 May        Whit Monday
•    25 December 2026 - 1 January  2027

Visiting address:                                                          
Cruquiusweg 31                         
1019 AT Amsterdam 
The Netherlands              

Telephone:                          
+ 31 20 6685866

E-mail:
ask@iisg.nl

Bank details:
IBAN NL94ABNA0119723467
BIC: ABNANL2A

• We try to respond to e-mail within three working days.
• The building is wheelchair accessible.

Anyone wishing to do research in the archival and library collections of IISH or NEHA, or in the Press Collection of the NIBG, is welcome to visit the reading room.

Pre-registration is not necessary, but visitors are asked to register at our reading room desk and agree with our terms of use on their first visit of the year.

The house rules can be found here.

By public transport:

• From Amsterdam Central Station: tram 26, tram stop Rietlandpark (+ 11 minute walk).
• From Amsterdam Central Station: bus 22, bus stop Veelaan 
  Please note that due to road works, bus 22 will run a different route until 20 December 2024.
  For more information, visit the public transport website.
• From Amsterdam Amstelstation: bus 65, bus stop Veelaan (+ 1 minute walk).
• From the Amsterdam city centre: tram 7 to Van Eesterenlaan (+ 10 minute walk), or tram 14 to Javaplein (+ 5-10 minute walk).
• More information on the public transport website

By car:

On the ring road (A10), take the Zeeburg exit (S114), drive to the traffic lights and follow the signs Zeeburg over the bridge (left). After the bridge, turn right at the traffic lights. Turn right at the next traffic lights (Molukkenstraat). Follow straight ahead on Molukkenstraat, which becomes Veelaan. The large white building in front of you at the end is the IISH.

Please note, there is only paid parking in the vicinity of the IISH.