The Atlas Van Stolk collection is one of the most important national image collections, with nearly 250,000 images on Dutch history.

In fact, the word Atlas does not refer to a book of maps as one might think, but it is a nineteenth-century term for collection. Its founder is Abraham van Stolk. He was a Rotterdam timber trader with a passion for Dutch history. He collected prints, drawings, photographs and posters. After his death, the collection passed to his son. He expanded the collection just like the later heirs who were also passionate collectors. At one point the collection became too large to be kept at home and the family lent the collection to the City of Rotterdam. Since then, the Atlas Van Stolk has been a public collection and is located in the Schielandshuis in Rotterdam.