Since 1998, the VriendenLoterij (before known as BankGiro Loterij) has made a substantial annual contribution to help the Van Gogh Museum acquire new works for its collection.
The Vincent van Gogh Foundation offers financial support to the museum, facilitating various projects such as research into the collection of 19th-century French prints, the publication of this sub-collection on the Van Gogh Museum website and the acquisition of 91 prints by Camille Pissarro.
The Vincent van Gogh Foundation and the Vrienden Loterij are also two of our founders.
The museum also receives the following support:
The Annenberg Foundation supports the training of a junior researcher.
The AXA Research Fund supports doctoral research into discolouration in Van Gogh’s paintings.
The restauration of Vincent van Gogh, Landscape at Twilight, 1890, was made possible by the Bank of America Art Conservation Project.
The Bartiméus Fonds supports Feeling Van Gogh, an interactive programme developed especially for blind and partially sighted visitors and their sighted friends, families and carers.
Bennink Foundation supports our outreach programme Van Gogh Goes To School.
The Blockbusterfonds stimulates cultural entrepreneurship and supported e.g. the blockbuster exhibition Golden Boy Gustav Klimt in 2022.
The FIL Foundation supports research into the optimisation of the museum’s visitor capacity.
Fonds 21 supports various special artprojects and is our partner for Van Gogh Connects, the four-year learning pathway in which the museum researches how it can gain relevance to young Amsterdam residents with a bicultural background. The fund also supports public programmes linked to exhibitions.
Fonds Sluyterman van Loo helps the museum reach vulnerable elderly people through the Elderly meet Van Gogh programme.
The Gerda Henkel Stiftung supports the research project Van Gogh & collector Doctor Gachet by awarding a doctoral fellowship and covering travel, material and staff costs.
Foundation Gifted Art contributed to the publication Masterpieces of The Mesdag Collection.
Institut Francais NL supported the exhibitionColour as Language in which works by Etel Adnan entered into dialogue with Vincent van Gogh's oeuvre.
The mission of the Japan Foundation is to stimulate international cultural exchange between Japan and other countries. The Japan Foundation supported the exhibition Van Gogh & Japan in 2018.
The Japan World Exposition Commemorative Fund Project (JEC Fund) supported the realisation of the Inspiration from Japan web story.
The Lutfia Rabbani Foundation is a private, non-profit organisation with no political or religious affiliations. The foundation promotes mutual understanding between the Arab region and Europe and has contributed to the Etel Adnan (2022) exhibition.
The M.A.O.C. Gravin van Bylandt Stichting supports various exhibitions and publications at the Mesdag Collection in The Hague.
The Mondriaan Fonds supports acquisitions, exhibitions and various special projects, such as an international research project working towards the completion of the complete catalogue of Vincent van Gogh’s work.
The PACCAR Foundation supports the technology used in the museum’s conservation studio.
The Prins Bernhard Cultuurfonds supports various exhibitions and awarded a scholarship to curators in 2019, 2022 and 2023. Thanks to the Stavros Niarchos Foundation, there is a Dutch, English and French platform (since 2022).
The Roomsch Catholijk Oude Armen Kantoor (RCOAK) supports the museum’s efforts to reach vulnerable elderly people through the Elderly meet Van Gogh programme.
The Stavros Niarchos Foundation supports Van Gogh at School, our educational platform for primary and secondary schools.
Stichting Sientje van Houten supported the Dutch publication Hendrik Willem Mesdag. Kunstenaar, verzamelaar, entrepreneur (Hendrik Willem Mesdag: artist, collector, entrepreneur).
Stichting Zabawas supports exhibitions such as Golden Boy Gustav Klimt.
The Turing Foundation supports high-quality projects with strong public appeal, such as the exhibition Van Gogh & Japan in 2018 and Golden Boy Gustav Klimt in 2022.
Van Ommeren - de Voogt Stichting supported the exhibition The Sensation of the Sea (2018-2019) at the Mesdag Collection in The Hague.
The Rembrandt Association supports various acquisitions, such as the portrait of Felix Auerbach by Edvard Munch.