Arjen Kok

Arjen Kok is Senior Researcher at the Netherlands Institute for Cultural Heritage (Instituut Collectie Nederland). Currently he is researching the phenomenon of ‘New Collecting’ (Het Nieuwe Verzamelen) . By ‘New Collecting’ the museum seeks the active participation of other institutions or individuals to develop the collection or to fulfil its collection policy. They can be institutional or private collectors, other museums or members of the public. The museum creates the circumstances and offers the support for outsiders to add to the collection or to perform collection management tasks for the museum.