Netherlands National Monuments Tender

The province of North Holland has distributed a 5 million subsidy for the restoration of 39 national monuments.This year the Lichtfabriek in Haarlem the Portuguese Synagogue in Amsterdam the Slotkapel in Egmond ad Hoef the White Church in Heiloo and the Knipscheer organ in Wieringen will receive subsidies. There is a great need for financial contributions for restoration projects. This is evident from the many subsidy applications that the province has received in recent years. In 2021 69 applications were submitted of which 39 were granted. The subsidy is intended for the category of national monuments without a residential function such as churches organs and industrial heritage.The money will be spent on the restoration of an organ eg Lutheran church Edam and the restoration of a church tower eg Ransdorp and Broek op Langedijk. For Pumping Station Cruquius there is a contribution for the restoration of the cast iron parts of this pumping station below the waterline. In this Annex pdf 80.3 KB An overview of the projects gesubisideerde 2021. National monuments of significanceThe province considers it important that national monuments are preserved and are accessible to the public. Restoration and repurposing contribute to this and their preservation is also important for employment in the restoration market. The province directs the distribution of the subsidy funds half of which comes from the central government.North Holland has 14000 national monuments 8000 of which are in Amsterdam. In addition there are 500 provincial monuments and several thousand municipal monuments outside Amsterdam.