CulturalHeritage.cc Foundation
REPORT: the first 10 years
In concert with the Netherlands Institute for Cultural Heritage the development of the web based database for moveable heritage objects started (January 2000).

Focus on moveable heritage was related to the wishes of the then state secretary Rick van der Ploeg to exchange or de-access objects stored in different museums. 

The objective of MuseumDepot.org was also to develop a affordable registration system for museums since the commerciail systems were often a burden for the smaller and middle sized museums.

The Netherlands Institute for Cultural Heritage (ICN) is a government institution that manages and preserves moveable cultural heritage. (at present Culrural Heritage Agency)

The Netherlands Institute for Cultural Heritage manages the part of the Dutch State's art collection that has not been placed among the independent national museums. This collection consists of over 100,000 objects, half of which is on loan to museums and government institutions. The rest is held in depositary by the Collections department in Rijswijk, where the ICN has excellent facilities with over 12,000 square meters (40,000 square feet) of storeroom and studios for complicated technical activities and restorations.

The ICN also offers advice on culture and collection management, conducts conservation research, schools restorers and organises training courses for restorers and employees of institutions that manage art collections.

The Netherlands Institute for Cultural Heritage is a part of the Ministry of Education, Culture and Science.

The present name of the institution is De Rijksdienst voor het Cultureel Erfgoed (The Cultural Heritage Agency of the Netherlands)

The CulturalHeritage.cc foundation published an extensive Survey 2017 on museum software vendors.