The Cultural Heritage Agency of the Netherlands (RCE) is part of the Ministry of Education, Culture, and Science. The RCE works under the direct responsibility of the minister and implement legislation, regulations, and heritage policy developed jointly by the ministry and the agency. The RCE also develops practical knowledge and provides advice on national monuments, landscape and living environment, archaeology, and heritage.
Member:
- Institutional Member
- Europe, Netherlands
Institutional Member
Cultural Heritage Agency of the Netherlands
Collection
Focus: national. Consists of: complete archives of restoration architects, individual architectural drawings (approx. 150,000), prints, state archive documents, building fragments and samples of old building materials, photographs (approx. 450,000; 70% own negatives), slides, topographical drawings (17th-20th century), digital documentation. Strengths: photographs, drawings and other documents on Dutch architectural monuments. Collection partly accessible through online catalogue and inventories. Drawings can be reproduced; photographs can be digitized and/or printed. Department has a team of photographers and a conservation laboratory.Library Holdings
Holdings: approximately 55,000 volumes and over 500 current subscriptions; library focuses on: ethics, organisation and practice of conservation and restoration of buildings, structures, landscapes, parks and gardens (national and international); Netherlands topography; former Dutch colonies and settlements abroad; historical building technology, architectural history, urban planning, and garden history. Library contains an old and rare book collection (early 16th-20th cent.) of approx. 2000 titles.Other Members:
