In 1981 the Cornea Bank Amsterdam was set up as the result of a project of the Research Group for Cornea Preservation (part of the Netherlands Ophthalmic Research Institute – NORI), to develop a preservation method for human eye tissue.
The Cornea Bank Amsterdam used to be located in the IOI (Inter-University Ophthalmic Institute), but in late 2009 relocated to the Euro Skin Bank in Beverwijk, to become part of the Euro Tissue Bank. With effect from 1 January 2018, all banks merged and form one multi tissue center under the name ETB-BISLIFE.