In 2008, he was appointed head of Business Operations at the National History Museum (NHM), until this ambitious project was abruptly terminated by the government in 2011 after a heated debate in the media and politics about historical representation, the national canon, collective identity and cuts in the cultural sector. Frans has now been working for the H401 foundation for over 12 years, as co-director for a few years now. This former hiding place during the Second World War and private artists‘ home in the 1950s – 1980s, has been running a public programme since 2008 that focuses on the innovative handling of (’contested’) heritage. It does so in residencies and both local and international collaborative projects.