In total, the institute has more than 750,000 hours of material dating back to 1898,[1] making it one of the largest audiovisual archives in Europe.

[2] Sound and Vision is the business archive of the national broadcasting corporations, a cultural heritage institute (providing access to students and the general public) and also a museum for its visitors.

Sound and Vision is an experienced partner in European-funded research projects.

These include or have included: P2P-Fusion, MultiMatch, PrestoSpace, VIDI-Video, LiWA Living Web Archives (Research Project), Communia, Video Active (European Research Project)[citation needed] and the streaming mobile app Radio Garden, which gives listeners access to radio stations worldwide.

[3] In 2019, the Museum voor Communicatie, established in The Hague in 1929, merged with Sound and Vision.