About Us
The Van Gogh Europe Foundation - A trusted European Network
Our Mission
The Van Gogh Europe Foundation is a network of collaborating European locations and collections that are associated with Vincent van Gogh’s life and work. Working together as partners, through networking, carrying out projects and supporting each other, the foundation aims to make Van Gogh’s cultural heritage accessible to a wide audience in order to inspire, unite and engage current and future generations.
Van Gogh Europe (VGE) is the international, collaborative network of museums and heritage institutions connected through the life and work of Vincent van Gogh. VGE connects leading cultural and creative partners worldwide to elevate how Van Gogh is experienced, understood, and brought to life through shared expertise, collaboration, and innovation. Established to strengthen the European network surrounding Van Gogh, VGE brings together more than 20 partners from 4 countries where the artist lived and worked.
The network regularly organizes events for its partners, including conferences, study visits, and thematic knowledge-sharing sessions. Here, working groups will discuss themes related to education, marketing and communication, funding, development and visitor experience. VGE operates as an international partnership, working closely with its members and stakeholders to sustainably strengthen the visibility and impact of Van Gogh’s legacy.
Who is it for:
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Museums and cultural heritage institutions
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Promotional and commercial collaborators
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Scientific and educational academies
What makes it unique:
VGE is the only global network dedicated to passionately strengthening the visibility and impact of Van Gogh’s legacy. This is done by transforming individual heritage sites into a connected cultural journey through his life and work. Across borders, languages and cultures, we collaborate to keep his legacy alive, not as a memory of the past, but as a living European story.
What members gain:
What defines us
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A close-knit European Network
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Members join a trusted circle of heritage institutions across the Netherlands, Belgium, France and the United Kingdom.
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We foster meaningful relationships between directors, curators, educators, researchers and marketers.
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Through at least two annual partner meetings, we bring members together for strategic exchange, site visits and informal networking.
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Shared exchange of Knowledge & Expertise
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Members gain access to a diverse pool of expertise across disciplines.
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Through working groups and informal exchange, partners share best practices, research insights and practical knowledge.
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Active participation is key: members contribute to discussions, strategy and ongoing knowledge development.
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Developing Collaboration & European Projects
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We support joint project development between partner institutions.
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The network facilitates consortium-building for European funding opportunities.
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Cross-border collaboration enables ambitious initiatives in research, education and cultural programming.
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Members help identify and shape future opportunities together.
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Visibility, Communication & Advocacy
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Members benefit from collective visibility under the Van Gogh Europe identity.
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Partners are featured in joint campaigns, shared storytelling, the VGE brochure, newsletter and the Route App.
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Members act as ambassadors, sharing updates, supporting communication efforts and promoting the European dimension of Van Gogh’s legacy.
Meet the Board
PBO Van Gogh Europe
The Van Gogh Europe Foundation is a Dutch cultural Public Benefit Organisation (PBO), an organisation that does at least 90% of its work for public benefit. Van Gogh Europe connects heritage sites and museums that are closely linked to the life and work of Vincent van Gogh. Currently, ten museums and ten heritage sites from more than fifteen cities and four countries have joined forces within the Van Gogh Europe network. The Van Gogh Europe Foundation aims to make Van Gogh’s European cultural heritage accessible to a wide audience in order to inspire, unite and engage current and future generations. This is done, among other things, by telling and sharing the life story of Vincent van Gogh through the locations where he lived or worked, and the museums which have works by him in their collections. This takes place both live and online. We actively seek partnerships with young people through projects with European (Business) Schools such as ISC Paris, ESSEC, Business School Amsterdam and the University of Leuven in Belgium.
Tax Advantages for Donors to Cultural PBOs
Donors to cultural PBOs are allowed extra tax deductions for gifts. Private individuals who pay tax in the Netherlands can multiply a gift to a cultural PBO in their income tax return by 1.25 and deduct it as a gift. Companies that pay corporate income tax in the Netherlands are allowed to deduct 1.5 times the amount of such a donation in their corporate income tax return. This makes it even more attractive to make a donation to the Van Gogh Europe Foundation.