Netherlands Institute for Sound and Vision

The Netherlands Institute for Sound & Vision is the cultural archive and a museum located in Hilversum. The Institute for Sound & Vision collects, looks after, and provides access to over 70% of the Dutch audio-visual heritage. In total, the collection of more than 750,000 hours of [television, radio, music and film that began in 1898 and continues to grow daily, makes Sound & Vision one of the largest audiovisuals in Europe. It was founded in 1997 as the Netherlands Audiovisual Archive, and adopted its current name in 2002. Its history, however, goes back to 1919, with the foundation of the Nederlandsch Centraal Filmarchief, being one of its precursors.Sound & Vision is the business archive of the national broadcasting corporations, a cultural heritage institute and also a museum for its visitors. The digital television production workflow and massive digitization efforts break grounds for new services.