ROMU derives from Roskilde Museum, which was established in 1929. Today ROMU consists of 10 museums, including Lützhøfts Købmandsgård, Sankt Laurentius and Gl. Kongsgaard, across three municipalities: Roskilde, Lejre and Frederikssund. ROMU strives to be a prominent actor in Danish cultural life and has an ambition to actualise knowledge of cultural heritage and make this knowledge relevant. ROMU is one out of 10 museums on a national level that has been appointed by Slots- og Kulturstyrelsen to handle supervision of multiple Danish protected sites and monuments. Furthermore, the museum handles the supervision of the central and western part of Zealand. A museum is not an infallible list of answers over cultural heritage, nor is it an all-encompassing encyclopaedia of the occurrences of the past. A museum entails an excerpt of the collective memory and therefore compares to the characteristics of memory. The collections of the museum is a mix of inherited memory, newfound knowledge – and coincidences. It offers no absolute truths but is an expression of levels in our constant search for the forgotten and our interpretation of the findings. A museum therefore mirrors both the past and its own presence and will, on its best day; contribute to an understanding of why those before us made the choices they did. The museum as an institution is a product of democracy and the civil society, ROMU is involved in contributing to the society through the production of knowledge, and communication hereof, which in time can strengthen the publics’ opportunities of navigating in their own lives. This comes into being by combining our cultural historic baseline, our collections and the rich cultural history of our area of responsibility with the subjects and agendas that the public finds has a relevance in their own lives. Within ROMUs area of responsibility the museum documents that which has already happened and that which is still happening within the development of society without regards to the possible moral views that some might put onto this development without consideration of a fleeting spirit of time. ROMU at all times follows the ethical rules of museums as has been established by ICOM (International Council of Museums) and the laws of the country, and is at all times considerate and aware of its societal responsibility.
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