National monument shield on the wall of a monument.

The Netherlands has almost 62,000 national monuments, 56,000 municipal monuments and 830 provincial monuments. In addition, there are more than 400 areas with a special cultural-historical character that are characterized as ‘protected town or village views’.

Dutch monuments can be recognized at a glance with the enamel monument shield. ANWB is responsible for the production, distribution and sale of these official monument shields on behalf of the Cultural Heritage Agency of the Netherlands.