Granting and bequeathing

• You can support us with a one-off or regular donation. We are keen to connect with our benefactors, and appreciate their active involvement. If you spread your donation out over five years, it is generally 100% tax-deductible.
  
  
• If you pledge € 5000 or more, we will be happy to discuss with you how your gift is to be allocated to one of the four themes. Or you might prefer to adopt a project, possible with a minimum donation of € 10,000. You will of course be fully involved.

If you establish a named endowment fund, you will be able to decide in consultation with us what the name of your fund should be and what your gift is spent on. A named endowment fund can be established with a minimum donation of € 50,000, in the form of a one-off or regular donation, or a bequest. We will keep you fully informed of the projects supported by your fund.

• More and more fans of our museum are naming the Mauritshuis as a beneficiary in their will. We would love to talk to you about this option. Experience has shown that it is better for all concerned to take plenty of time to consider the matter. We will be happy to discuss what your bequest might mean to the museum.
  
  
• There are various ways to leave money to the Mauritshuis. You can name the museum as a (co-)beneficiary of your will, or include a specific bequest (a specified sum, or item of movable or immovable property) for the museum. Your legal advisor will be able to give you more information.

Friends are vital to the Mauritshuis. The Friends of the Mauritshuis have been supporting us for over thirty years, contributing to acquisitions and exhibitions.

Some magnificent artworks have been added to our collection with the support of the Friends, including Whirl of Life by Bibi Smit and Roses in a Glass Vase by Jacob van Hulsdonck. The Friends have also support special exhibitions, including the recent Roelant Savery’s Wondrous World (2024) and The Lost Museum (2024/2025).

We organise lots of lectures, excursions, openings and other activities for Friends by way of thanks.

The American Friends of the Mauritshuis was established in 1982 with the goal of strengthening ties between the Mauritshuis and American fans of seventeenth-century Dutch painting. As an American Friend of the Mauritshuis you can help preserve the museum’s collection, both now and in the future.

Fulbright Fellowship

A partnership with the Fulbright Foundation allows the American Friends of the Mauritshuis to offer a fellowship to American students of restoration and conservation. The funding allows them to spend a year gaining practical experience in the museum’s conservation workshop. The workshop always strives to perform research of the highest standard using the best technology available, making it an ideal place for students to learn.

The Dutch Masters Foundation was established in the United Kingdom in 2010, as an initiative of the Mauritshuis in collaboration with the Koninklijk Concertgebouworkest and the Nederlands Dans Theater. This UK charity supports educational projects run by the three founding organisations.

British taxpayers who donate to the Dutch Masters Foundation may be eligible for tax benefits.

Stichting de Johan Maurits Compagnie, established in 2002, manages a capital fund, the profits of which are used to provide general support to the Mauritshuis, as well as supporting the following in particular:

• Publications (exhibition and permanent collection catalogues, website)
• Education
• Smaller exhibitions and presentations
• Interior improvements (frames, display cases and lightning)
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• Conservatino work and equipment purchases (microscopes and infrared cameras)

Board

Members of the board of Stichting de Johan Maurits Compagnie:

• R. Vellekoop, chair
• P.A.M. Kroeze, treasurer / chair of investment committee
• T.A. Leysen, member
• R.V.M. Ruding-Hekking, member