Opened to the public in November 2010, the New Netherland Research Center (NNRC) is located in the New York State Research Library. It provides a permanent location where students, educators, scholars, and researchers worldwide can access translations of early Dutch colonial manuscripts and a vast library of early documents, books, and reference works that tell the fascinating story of the Dutch global reach during the American colonial period and its lasting impact on today’s world. Researchers can discover this important chapter in American history: its legacy of cultural traditions; its qualities of tolerance, diversity, and entrepreneurship; and the tradition of a dynamic role for women. Through the NNRC, work begun by the Project is being expanded to encompass materials in collections around the globe.

Programs

The New Netherland Research Center offers: