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<pre>Summary: the recommendation in overview
The reorganisation of the Dutch museum system from 2017 will result in a sustainable,
future-focused museological sector with an extensive social reach. Its aim is to grant the
public optimum access and opportunities to enjoy the Netherlands Collection. To achieve this
goal, institutions will cooperate, share knowledge and bear collective responsibility for a
high-quality and professional sector. The various levels of governmental authority in the
Netherlands will coordinate their museum policies. A Core Netherlands Collection will be
established and protected. This will all result in a more efficient use of public resources to
serve social, cultural and economic objectives.
A three-way system featuring chain cooperation, the Core Netherlands
Collection and a Heritage Act
This recommendation is composed of three elements. First, a coherent system is proposed
based on chain cooperation between museums. Second, from all existing public collections,
i.e. the Netherlands Collection, a selection will be made that will contribute to core
collections which together will form the Netherlands Core Collection and enjoy extra
protection. Third, it is recommended that these two developments be anchored in a Heritage
Act which will set out the roles and responsibilities of the various government authorities,
collection owners, museums and related organisations, thus mapping the contours of the
system.
Benefits for all government authorities, institutions and the public
The recommendation analyses both bottlenecks and opportunities in the current system,
including the visibility, accessibility and mobility of collections; comprehensive
administrative policy with collection and system responsibility, backed up by a future-proof
support structure; lack of cooperation and pressure on public finances. There are benefits to
be gained for all government authorities and institutions in the new system, but most of all
for the public. Museums have a socio-cultural task whereby they contribute to the
functioning of an open, democratic society that enables and invites citizens to participate.
Museums are uniquely positioned to shape the cultural life of citizens through art and
heritage.
From institutions to a system characterised by generosity
Current policy is primarily institution focused and not system focused. This needs to change.
 The basic starting point is to increase public access. Museological heritage, including
modern art as well, must reach as large an audience as possible – an audience that is entitled
to access this collectively shared treasure. This will require a vibrant and future-focused
museum sector that generously allows the public to share on the basis of equally generous
cooperation between museums.
System responsibility of the central government with roles for the National
Service for Cultural Heritage (RCE) and the Dutch Museum Association (NMV)
The Dutch national government will assume responsibility for organising a coherent museum
system, an effort that will include the professional involvement of the Dutch Museum
Association (NWV) as the relevant sector organisation. There will also be a role for the
National Service for Cultural Heritage (RCE) in evaluating collections. After 2017, the
national government will be responsible for the social function of the museum system as a
whole in order to serve as large an audience as possible.
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<pre>Core institutions with geographically spread chains per collection area
Coherence and cooperation will be fostered by designating core institutions in eight
collection areas. Core institutions will operate within a museum chain in which they will play
an initiating, facilitating and coordinating role. The central government will designate eight
top-quality core institutions. The council has made an indicative suggestion for each
collection area in terms of both a core institution and a regional partner institution. All
participating institutions in these chains will also be assessed with regard to their active
cooperative participation.
The Netherlands Core Collection will also contain pieces from regional and local
collections
A selection from the Netherlands Collection will be made: the Netherlands Core Collection.
This will contain both national pieces – from which selections will also be made – and pieces
from regional and local collections. As is currently the case, the owners will remain
financially responsible for conservation and management. Existing instruments for quality
assurance and collection policy, such as the Guideline for Disposing Museum Properties
(LAMO), the Museum Register and the Cultural Heritage Protection Act will continue playing
their current roles in the new system.
Rewarding self-regulating cooperation with programme funds
The desired cooperation can be largely organised by museums themselves in the new legal
framework. Sustainable chain formation will be facilitated and rewarded by deploying
additional programme funds (e.g. via the Mondriaan Fund) via the core institutions. Inter-
museum cooperation will nevertheless be the norm and should be organised from existing
budgets. Core institutions are also able to operate on the regional and local levels, even if not
specifically instructed by the central government. Organic cross connections can once again
link the various chains, with themes or functions, in addition to collection areas, serving as
starting points.
Professionalism with a vision of a community of museums
The Council agrees with the views of the Asscher-Vonk committee and, in addition, also
foresees the connectedness – i.e. cooperation that engenders added value – the opening up of
museum institutions and their spheres of activity as points of departure. The report sketches
a future in which museums imaginatively work to transcend existing borders and barriers.
This will affect areas such as involvement in current affairs, operating outside the traditional
museum building, merging material and immaterial culture, entering into new relationships,
opening up genres, talent development, international orientation and reflecting on heritage
of our own and that from beyond our borders. All of this in the spirit of professionalism
working towards a community of museums.
Knowledge is power: education and talent development
Core institutions will draw up a knowledge agenda for their chain, with a major role for
cultural education. Cultural education is to include both the general transfer of knowledge
and education conducted in and outside of schools. It is recommended that performance
agreements between government authorities and their museum institutions include ways of
monitoring and measuring the quality and quantity of cooperation taking place with schools
and other social sectors. Under the new system, for example, the government might expect all
school pupils in primary and secondary education to be actively introduced to heritage three
or four times during their education.
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<pre>The Council argues for a comprehensive approach to cultural education (including art, media
and heritage education) to be coordinated by the National Knowledge Institute of Cultural
Education and Amateur Art (LKCA) through teaching guidelines in primary and secondary
education that will include the Culture Map and the subject ‘cultural and artistic formation’.
Research will be conducted in cooperation with universities in museological academic
workplaces, for which museums must seek accreditation to be able to independently apply for
research budgets (from the Dutch Organisation for Scientific Research). Knowledge
management will be a focus of attention for museum boards, with staff are expected to
increasingly be capable of multiple competencies. Study programmes must reflect these new
requirements in their curricula, as must museums in their own talent development
programmes.
Tools, phasing and effects
The tools required for the organisation and consolidation of the new system will be provided
by the prevailing Heritage Act (of which a Museum section will form a part) and quality
assurance provided by the government and the sector, with supervision of conservation and
management tasks performed by the Heritage Inspectorate. There will be no changes to the
financing structure for the time being, apart from the deployment of programme funds to
stimulate the new system. The new system will be introduced in phases and be in place in
2017. The Council will regularly assess progress, particularly that of the chain and networks,
in impact assessments.
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