A brief overview of climatization strategies of historic houses in the Netherlands: From “one size fits all” to “a process of deliberation”

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INTRODUCTION The Netherlands has a rich collection of heritage. Throughout the country a collection of 61,809 state-listed buildings (as of 2022), 804 provincial-listed buildings (2021), 55,801 municipal-listed buildings (2015), 616 museums (2019), 1,459 protected archaeological sites, and 472 city views and landscapes (2021) provide citizens and tourists a view of our history and culture. Heritage management started to be decentralized in 1992, giving the local authorities a more important role working together with the Cultural Heritage Agency of the Netherlands (in Dutch: Rijksdienst voor het Cultureel Erfgoed; RCE), which implements policy, provides advice, and develops knowledge. RCE provides practical advice to owners and managers of various types of heritage so that together “we give our future a past.”