Membership
Everyone is welcome to visit the NMI. The NMI gives access to the musical heritage of the Netherlands. Some services are freely available through this website. With a year pass or a reading room pass you have more options.
The KB passes issued by the National Library (Koninklijke Bibliotheek) include the facilities of the NMI. The reading room pass is free, the year pass costs € 15. In some cases reduction fees apply.
What options do these passes offer?
| Without pass | Reading room pass | Year pass |
|
|---|---|---|---|
|
You have access to the website and you can search for publications in our catalogue
|
x | x | x |
|
You can ask questions to our library staff by phone, e-mail or letter
|
x | x | x |
| You have access to books and journals in the reading rooms | x | x | |
| You can use our study facilities (if desired with your own laptop) | x | x | |
| You have access to the reading rooms of NMI and KB | x | x | |
| You can use the facilities forcopying | x | x | |
| You can use the facilities forprinting and scanning (through the KB) | x | ||
| You have access from your home and in the NMI to a large number of licensed online databases (incl. Grove Music Online) and thousands of online journals | x | ||
|
You can borrow books and request journals from your home and in the KB; against payment you can materials have sent to your address |
x | ||
| You can request books and copies of articles from other libraries if the NMI and KB do not hold the item. | x | ||
| You can use the extended workstation facilities, with access to Internet and Office software and use scanning and printing facilities | x | ||
| You have access to the reading room for special collections and archives | x | ||
| You can use the services ofthe KB | x |
On application for a year pass personal identification and recent address identification is required. For a reading room pass only personal identification is required.
Apply for a pass online (KB) »