The aim of the project is to document, compile and analyze the history, background and emergence of the Röhsska Museum from relevant and current humanistic perspectives with a particular focus on how the museum shaped the view of form & design. The focus is on the intersection between issues of cultural heritage, history, theory of science and the Röhsska Museum's collection policy at the beginning of the 20th century. The project Röhsska museet - samlingar och historia contributes to making the museum's historical archives and collections accessible to researchers and the public and contributes to the museum staff's own knowledge building. The study lays the foundation for a deeper understanding of where the museum is today and where it is going. An investigation and analysis of the Röhsska Museum's history provides broader perspectives on the museum's activities then and now and shows how the museum's history is part of Gothenburg and not least an important link between East and West in the form of the extensive and internationally interesting East Asian collections.