Netherlands Institute for Sound and Vision

Netherlands Institute for Sound and Vision

Nederlands Instituut voor Beeld en Geluid
The institute in 2014
Location	Media Park Hilversum, Netherlands
Coordinates	52°14′7″N 5°10′23″E / 52.23528°N 5.17306°E / 52.23528; 5.17306Coordinates: 52°14′7″N 5°10′23″E / 52.23528°N 5.17306°E / 52.23528; 5.17306
Website	www.beeldengeluid.nl

The Netherlands Institute for Sound and Vision (Dutch: Nederlands Instituut voor Beeld en Geluid, or short, Beeld en Geluid) is the cultural archive and a museum located in Hilversum. The Institute for Sound and 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 and Vision one of the largest audiovisual archives in Europe.

Sound and Vision is the business archive of the national broadcasting corporations, a cultural heritage institute (providing access to students and the general public) and also a museum for its visitors. The digital television production workflow and massive digitization efforts break grounds for new services.

Sound and Vision is an experienced partner in European funded research projects. Currently, these include: P2P-Fusion, MultiMatch, PrestoSpace, VIDI-Video, LiWA Living Web Archives (Research Project), Communia, Video Active (European Research Project) and the streaming mobile app Radio Garden, which gives listeners access to radio stations worldwide, perhaps their best known research project.