Who are we

The Royal Delft Museum is affiliated with the Royal Delft Group. The Royal Delft Group consists of Royal Delft and Royal Leerdam Crystal, all located at Rotterdamseweg 196 in Delft. The museum was founded in 2021 with an independent board. The Royal Delft Museum has ANBI status, which you can read more about below.

About the ANBI status

The Royal Delft Museum Foundation has been designated by the Tax Authorities as a cultural Public Benefit Institution (ANBI). This means that no gift or inheritance tax must be paid for what the Royal Delft Museum acquires, so that the entire amount benefits the Royal Delft Museum.

Name
Stichting Royal Delft Museum

RSIN
859948286

Kamer van Koophandel-number

74559567

Contact details

Adres: Rotterdamseweg 196, 2628 AR Delft

Post box 11, 2600 AA Delft

Telephone: 015-7600800

E-mail: info@royaldelftmuseum.com

Goal

Developing museum cultural activities around ceramics. This includes presenting, documenting and publicizing ceramics, in particular the production of De Porceleyne Fles and the associated history and craft traditions.

Download the Royal Delft Museum’s standard publication obligation form here.

The board

The board consists of at least 5 natural persons and must be composed in such a way that it includes at least:

• one (1) Director is appointed by the Board on the recommendation of N.V. Koninklijke Porceleyne Fles;
• one (1) Director is appointed by the Board on the recommendation of Boron;
• the other Directors are appointed by the Board.

Read more about the operating model here. (dutch only)

The current board of the Royal Delft Museum Foundation is formed by:

Remuneration policy

The members of the board receive no remuneration for their work. The museum has statutes, which demonstrate its legal position and non-profit character. The museum endorses the Cultural Governance Code.

The Royal Delft Museum staff will initially be seconded from B.V. Delftsche Aardewerkfabriek ‘De Porceleyne Fles Anno 1653’, formerly Joost Thooft and Labouchere (‘Royal Delft’). This company follows the pension scheme and salary increases of the Metalektro Collective Labor Agreement. The other employment conditions are included in the house rules of the Royal Delft Group, to which Royal Delft falls.

Policy

The policy plan for 2020-2023 (Dutch): Royal Delft Museum Beleidsplan 2020-2023.

The main parts of the policy are:

Mission

Visitors are introduced to the cultural heritage that Delftware is through stories and experiences in Royal Delft Museum.

Vision

Royal Delft Museum wants to be the leading museum for Delftware in and outside the Netherlands: informative and inspiring for as many people as possible across any generations.

Annual report

Reports of the exerted activities and financial accountability will be represented in the annual report.

View the 2021 annual report of Royal Delft Museum here.

View the 2022 annual report of Royal Delft Museum here.

View the 2023 annual report of Royal Delft Museum here.