About the DutchCulture Database

The DutchCulture Database tracks the international cultural activities of Dutch and Netherlands-based makers. The DutchCulture Database provides an overview of the scope, scale and characteristics of the Dutch International cultural presence. This helps us understand the cultural impact of the Netherlands in other countries. The database has more than 10 years of data, and our online data goes back to 2017. On the database homepage you can explore the data:

In the database, we register international performances, tours, shows, exhibitions, loans, publications, workshops, residencies, screenings, translations, cooperations and more. To collect data, we work together with a number of different partners, including makers, sectoral institutions, cultural funds and organisations and the Dutch embassies and consulates.

Every year we create a general overview of the Dutch cultural presence abroad, the so-called DutchCulture Mappings (see the links at the bottom of the page). These overviews include a list of the top fifty countries, an overview of sectors and active makers, as well as insight into trends. On request, we also make specific overviews, for example per country or sector. We also use the database for research and explorations.

The MyDC Portal allows Dutch or Netherlands-based makers to add and edit their own pages and international activities directly in our database. All activities submitted through the portal are checked by us to ensure accuracy before being addeed. You can create an account via the button below and start adding your international cultural projects.

Alternatively, you can fill in the database form and email it to us and we will add your information for you

We strive to make the DutchCulture Database as comprehensive as possible and collect information from as many sources as we can. However, we recognise that we are not able to capture every international cultural event and our database is not exhaustive. The number of events varies significantly per discipline. This is in large part due to the nature of different disciplines (for example, a 3-month exhibition at a museum and a small concert in a pub both count as one event). We encourage you to look at events per discipline rather than comparing disciplines. We are always looking to make our database more comprehensive; if you have information on international cultural activities or would like more information about the database don't hesitate to get in touch with Erin Chang, our Database Officer.