Are you working on a school project, a thesis or a scientific publication? Are you looking for the newspaper published on the day of your birth? Or that book that you just can’t find anywhere else? At the KB you will find what you are looking for.

A KB reading room pass will give you free entry.
But purchasing a KB annual library pass for € 15 increases your options considerably:

  1. You will have unlimited access to 1000 years of Dutch history, culture and society; 
  2. You will be able to request and renew KB books and periodicals from home and in the KB; for an additional charge you can have materials delivered to you;  
  3. You will have 24-hour access from home to catalogues, online resources and digital databases;
  4. You will have access from home and in the KB through the Digital Library to a large number of licensed databases (such as the newspaper archive, De Krantenbank) and thousands of online periodicals;
  5. You will be able to request publications from other libraries through inter library loan from home or in the KB;
  6. You will be able to make use of the extensive facilities for study in the KB;
  7. You will have access to the Special Collections Reading Room and its services (among other things, early printed books);
  8. You will be able to make use of the KB’s print, scan and photocopying facilities;
  9. You will have access to the Netherlands Music Institute and its services;
  10. You will be kept informed of new services, recent acquisitions, exhibitions and events in the KB.

In short, chances are you will find more in the KB than you are looking for!

See also special discounts.

Apply online for your KB annual library pass here.

You may contact us with queries at the Information Desk, by telephone (070) 314 03 10 or by email at Ask a librarian.