RICHeS is the UK’s Research Infrastructure for Conservation and Heritage Science
The RICHeS programme will unlock access to heritage science facilities by creating a distributed infrastructure of heritage science collections and equipment.
We will fund the development of a heritage science data service to enable researchers and other users to find and access facilities, reference collections and research data relating to heritage science research.
We will also create a dedicated RICHeS headquarters to encourage cooperation, networking and skills sharing.
Unlocking access to heritage science
RICHeS will fund 31 projects across the UK, including:

Our aims
1
Innovate and collaborate
Catalyse the development of an informed, collaborative and innovative UK heritage science community.
2
Meet user demand
Ensure that the heritage science sector has the capability and the capacity to meet user demand and deliver world-class scientific excellence.
3
Findable and accessible
Ensure that heritage science equipment, expertise, resources and research data are findable and accessible to users, available to external stakeholders, and capable of being leveraged by a range of partners.
Latest news

RICHeS visit to the University of Oxford: Enhancing interdisciplinary heritage science
Cover image courtesy of Professor Heather Viles The RICHeS team recently had the pleasure of visiting the University of Oxford,…

Call for Access to E-RIHS ERIC Services
We are pleased to announce the opening of the 1st Call for Access to the services of E-RIHS ERIC. The…

RICHeS visit to the BFI National Archive: Bringing heritage science to moving images
The RICHeS team recently visited the British Film Institute (BFI) National Archive at the J. Paul Getty Jr. Conservation Centre…