The Dutch minister for Culture, Education and Science, Jet Bussemaker, has issued a video in which she calls for contributions and opinions regarding the new law on the protection of cultural heritage. Citizens have four weeks to react.
In the video, Bussemaker stresses the value of cultural heritage which “belongs to all of us”, saying that this heritage must be safeguarded in a more consistent, less fragmentary manner. “The government will no longer sell cultural heritage to the highest bidder. When private owners can no longer afford to look after their heritage, we will find a different solution.”
Read on in Dutch here.
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