Visual documentation is annotated, ordered and reordered on the basis of the latest knowledge concerning a work of art and its maker. Visitor's register Visitors are required to register before being allowed to use the RKD's facilities. This involves the registration of the visitor's name and address. The staffer concerned is authorised to ask for proof of identity. In the reading rooms the purpose of the visit is ascertained.
Registration is free.
A registration card is strictly personal. The RKD should be informed in the event of a change of address, loss or theft of the registration form. In principle, a person can only be registered once. Visitors to the RKD have access to the public rooms and can use the freely-available study collections, databases and other public facilities, subject to the conditions applicable to the type of sources concerned. Silence is required in the reading rooms.