Rijksdienst voor het Cultureel Erfgoed

Their responsibilities include managing the official list of Rijksmonumenten known as the Monumentenregister, (the storage and restoration of) the National art collection of the Netherlands, the National Archaeological Ship storage and fleet, and Archis, the central archaeological information system.

The RCE carries out the Dutch law known as the "Monumentenwet 1988" (English: Cultural property law), and wherever registered cultural heritage is threatened, the department takes action, whether by advising the proper authorities, by conducting public campaigns and education programs, or through legal action.

Registered city or village views considered to be important to the country's heritage (known as Beschermde stads- of dorpsgezichten) are also protected by the Rijksdienst voor Cultureel Erfgoed.

The archeological and cultural property departments merged in 2006 and became the Rijksdienst voor Archeologie, Cultuurlandschap en Monumenten (RACM).

In 2009 this organisation was renamed to the Rijksdienst voor het Cultureel Erfgoed (RCE) it moved into a new building in Amersfoort.