Friday, April 26, 2019

Koninklijke Stichting Defensiemusea

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The '''Stichting Koninklijke Defensiemusea''' (SKD, previously KSD; ''Royal Foundation for Defence Museums''<ref></ref>) is an umbrella organization managing the collections of the four main military museums in the [[Netherlands]] - the [[Nationaal Militair Museum]] (NMM) in [[Soest, Netherlands|Soest]], the [[Dutch Navy Museum|Marinemuseum]] in [[Den Helder]], the [[Mariniersmuseum]] in [[Rotterdam]] and the [[Marechaussee Museum|Marechausseemuseum]] in [[Buren]]. It was set up on 1st July 2014 by the Dutch [[Ministry of Defence (Netherlands)|Ministry of Defence]] as an intermediary between the Ministry and the museums themselves. The Ministry of Defence provides an annual subsidy of 7.5 million Euros (2012 pricing levels), along with annual payments of 8.4 million Euros for 25 years to the NMM's [[public-private partnership]], known as 'Design, Build, Finance, Maintain & Operate'.<ref>, Agenda's, Handelingen, Kamerstukken, Staatsblad, Staatscourant m.b.t. oprichting stichting Defensiemusea (Geraadpleegd 15 december 2014)</ref>

Although they are not included in the SKD, the Ministry of Defence also has oversight of:
* over twenty smaller army museums and displays<ref></ref>, including the [[Dutch Cavalry Museum|Cavaleriemuseum]] in the Bernhardkazerne in [[Amersfoort]], the [[Geniemuseum]] in the Van Brederodekazerne in the former Kamp Vught and the [[Nederlands Artillerie Museum]] in 't Harde.
* the 'traditiekamers' or 'tradition rooms' on the [[Royal Dutch Air Force]] bases at [[Gilze-Rijen Air Base|Gilze-Rijen]], [[Vliegbasis Leeuwarden|Leeuwarden]] and [[Vliegbasis Volkel|Volkel]]<ref></ref>
* The traditiekamers of the submarine service in [[Nieuwe Haven (Den Helder)|Marinehaven Den Helder]] and the naval aviation service at [[De Kooy Airfield|Maritiem Vliegkamp De Kooy]] near [[Den Helder]]<ref></ref><ref></ref>
* Museum and information centre on the colonial period in the [[Dutch East Indies]] in the [[Bronbeek]], [[Arnhem]]

==References==
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[[Category:Museums in the Netherlands|*]]
[[category:Foundations based in the Netherlands]]
[[category:2014 establishments in Europe]]


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