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Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences

Dutch learned society

The Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences (Dutch: Koninklijke Nederlandse Akademie van Wetenschappen, abbr. KNAW) is an organization dedicated to the advancement of science and literature in the Netherlands. The academy is housed in the Trippenhuis in Amsterdam.2 It was founded by Louis Bonaparte.1 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 21, 2026.

Overview

1808Founded1
  • HeadquartersAmsterdam1
  • Websitewww.knaw.nl
  • Legal formpubliekrechtelijke rechtspersoon3
  • Kind of organizationGovernment entity1
  • LEI5493008RD248RC6KLU283
  • StatusActive3
  • LEI statusIssued and current3
  • Registered addressKloveniersburgwal 29, 1011JV Amsterdam, Netherlands3
  • Registered withThe Netherlands Chamber of Commerce, 546670893

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Trippenhuis
Photo: Amsterdam Municipal Department for the Preservation and Restoration of Historic Buildings and Sites (bMA), Attribution, via Wikimedia Commons5

The Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences (Dutch: Koninklijke Nederlandse Akademie van Wetenschappen, abbr. KNAW) is an organization dedicated to the advancement of science and literature in the Netherlands. The academy is housed in the Trippenhuis in Amsterdam.2

Corporate structure

Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences sits at the top of its group. 16 entities, 1 country on record. Switch between the flow chart and the network, and select any entity to see its details.

  • Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences Amsterdam, Netherlands
    • Royal Netherlands Institute of Southeast Asian and Caribbean Studies Subsidiary · Leiden, Netherlands
    • De Jonge Akademie Subsidiary · Amsterdam
    • Fryske Akademy Subsidiary · Leeuwarden
    • Hubrecht Institute Subsidiary · Utrecht
    • Huygens Institute for the History of the Netherlands Subsidiary · Amsterdam
    • International Institute of Social History Subsidiary · Amsterdam
    • Meertens Institute Subsidiary
    • Netherlands Institute for Advanced Study Subsidiary · Wassenaar
    • Netherlands Institute for Catalysis Research Subsidiary · The Hague
    • Netherlands Institute for Neuroscience Subsidiary · Amsterdam
    • Netherlands Institute of Ecology Subsidiary · Heteren
    • Netherlands Interdisciplinary Demographic Institute Subsidiary · The Hague
    • NIOD Institute for War, Holocaust and Genocide Studies Subsidiary · Amsterdam
    • Rathenau Institute Subsidiary
    • Westerdijk Institute Subsidiary · Utrecht

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The story

Founded by Louis Bonaparte in 1808.1

During the Kingdom of Holland, it was founded as the Koninklijk Instituut van Wetenschappen, Letterkunde en Schoone Kunsten (Royal Institute of Sciences, Literature and Fine Arts) by Lodewijk Napoleon on May 4, 1808. In 1816, after the occupation had ended, it was renamed to Koninklijk-Nederlandsch Instituut van Wetenschappen, Letteren en Schoone Kunsten. In 1851, it was disbanded and re-established as the Koninklijke Akademie van Wetenschappen and in 1938 obtained its present name. Since 1812, the academy has resided in the Trippenhuis in Amsterdam.

The institute was awarded the Gouden Ganzenveer in 1955.

From Wikipedia’s article on Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.4

Leadership

Who has led Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences, and when. Pick a name to see everywhere that person has worked.

Chair

  1. Marileen Dogterom2022–now
197019801990200020102020

Products and brands

The following research institutes are associated with the KNAW:

Data Archiving and Networked Services (since 2005)

Fryske Akademy (since 1990, founded in 1938)

Hubrecht Institute (research institute for developmental biology and stem cells in the Netherlands) (since 1917)

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Huygens Institute for the History of the Netherlands (since 1992)

International Institute of Social History (since 1979, founded in 1935)

Royal Netherlands Institute of Southeast Asian and Caribbean Studies (since 2001, founded in 1851)

Meertens Instituut (since 1952)

Netherlands Institute for Neuroscience (NIN) (established in 2005 as a merger of the Netherlands Institute for Brain Research (NIH, established in 1909) and the Netherlands Ophthalmic Research Institute (IOI, established in 1988))

Netherlands Institute of Ecology (Nederlands Instituut voor Ecologie) (NIOO-KNAW) (since 1992)

NIOD Institute for War, Holocaust and Genocide Studies (since 1999, founded in 1945)

Nederlands Instituut voor Wetenschappelijke Informatiediensten (1997–2005)

Nederlands Interdisciplinair Demografisch Instituut (since 2003)

Netherlands Institute for Advanced Study in the Humanities and Social Sciences (since 1988)

Rathenau Instituut (since 1994, previously NOTA (1987-1994))

Westerdijk Fungal Biodiversity Institute (since 1904)

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Subsidiaries and ownership

Subsidiaries

  • De Jonge Akademie
  • Fryske Akademy
  • Hubrecht Institute
  • Huygens Institute for the History of the Netherlands
  • International Institute of Social History
  • Meertens Institute
  • NIOD Institute for War, Holocaust and Genocide Studies
  • Netherlands Institute for Advanced Study
  • Netherlands Institute for Catalysis Research
  • Netherlands Institute for Neuroscience
  • Netherlands Institute of Ecology
  • Netherlands Interdisciplinary Demographic Institute
  • Rathenau Institute
  • Royal Netherlands Institute of Southeast Asian and Caribbean Studies
  • Westerdijk Institute

From Wikidata.1

Timeline

  1. 1808Founded Founded1

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