The interdisciplinary RICHES team researched the context of change in which European cultural heritage is transmitted, its implications for future cultural heritage practices and the frameworks (cultural, legal, financial, educational, technical) to be put in place for the benefit of all audiences and communities in the digital age.
The RICHES project was an opportunity for us to critically rethink our relationship with the diverse and changing society, and thereby our changing stakeholders, around questions of citizenship and belonging. Through ongoing discussions with young people of diverse backgrounds about our practice, the museum opened itself for change to become a more relevant museum. The Tropenmuseum, Afrika Museum and Museum Volkenkunde are museums about people. But we realize that these museums are for only some people. This project offered tools to think with different stakeholders about our role and what we mean for them.
