Who we are

The Cultural Heritage Agency (RCE) is the Netherlands' centre of expertise for heritage. It is an executive body of the Ministry of Education, Culture and Science. 

Management

The RCE has two directors. Susan Lammers is our general director and Arjan de Zeeuw serves as our Knowledge & Advice director. They divide their tasks in mutual consultation.

Susan Lammers, general director

  • Monuments, movable heritage, collections
  • Grants, permits, directives
  • Communications, legal affairs, operations
  • Locations: Amersfoort, Amersfoort Vathorst and Amsterdam

Arjan de Zeeuw, Knowledge & Advice director

  • Landscape, archaeology, heritage and environment, Environment and Planning Act
  • Data/digital infrastructure/ICT
  • Portfolio/knowledge programmes
  • Locations: Amersfoort and Lelystad

The management can be reached via RCE-Directiesecretariaat@cultureelerfgoed.nl

Staff

The RCE has a staff of about 350, including specialists in restoration, historical research, chemistry, law, art history, archaeology, urban planning, archiving, etcetera.

  • At our head office in Amersfoort you will find advisers, researchers, and policy staff, as well as communications and information experts. There is also a large library which is open to the public.
  • The extensive State Art Collection is managed from CC NL in Amersfoort Vathorst.
  • In our laboratory in Amsterdam, our scientists work alongside their counterparts of the University of Amsterdam and the Rijksmuseum. They undertake research to ensure that objects of art and design, books, archival documents and other objects of historical value can be preserved for posterity.

See our contact details for more information on how to reach our different locations. 

Chairs

In a number of heritage domains, RCE employees are associated with universities as (endowed) professors: