Hello @Julienne Zantingh,
as far as I know, you must pay for Microsoft Access 2010 to manage/program the project.
If you only need the runtime to use (consume) Microsoft Access, you can download it from this Microsoft page.
The 64bits version is preferred nowadays.
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