The Letterenhuis is a municipal institution, financed by the city of Antwerp. When it was founded in 1933, however, it was given the assignment of collecting literature archive material from the whole of Flanders. The archive decree of 2002 offers the first opportunity of financial support from the Flemish government. On 1 January 2004, the AMVC-Letterenhuis was officially recognised as the cultural archive of Flemish literary heritage.