The VOC-Kenniscentrum contains 125,000 Dutch-language documents, antiquarian maps, drawings, brief historical sketches, and bibliographies, most of which pertain to the Indonesian archipelago prior to and during the colonial era.

Organized by the Royal Netherlands Institute of Southeast Asian and Caribbean Studies (KITLV), the VOC-Kenniscentrum incorporates a wealth of historically important information on essentially all facets of the VOC in Southeast Asia. Apart from its collection of antiquarian maps and maritime charts, which is first-rate, the VOC-Kenniscentrum includes an index, accompanied by brief historical sketches, of the various agricultural goods and mineral resources produced (or mined) in Indonesia and other VOC trading centers and settlements for export. All in all, it is an invaluable resource.