Women of the Rijksmuseum is the Rijksmuseum research programme dedicated to improving gender balance. The project began on 8 March 2021, International Women’s Day, when the Rijksmuseum exhibited three works by women artists in the Gallery of Honour for the first time in history.

**Mission**
Women of the Rijksmuseum conducts research that aims to strengthen and embed the role of women in cultural history, to foster gender equality and the importance of diversity and inclusion.

**Aims**
The purpose of the research project is to increase the visibility of women’s contributions to Dutch cultural history and to incorporate their stories in exhibitions, media outputs, publications and the presentation of the collection. There are three central activities of this research project:

1. Identifying and supplementing information on women artists represented in the Rijksmuseum collection and ensuring their records are available in our database.
2. Conducting research into the life stories of women connected with objects in the collection, and filling gaps in information on women represented in works of art.
3. Conducting research into the history of the Rijksmuseum with particular attention for women collectors, donors, patrons and former staff members.

Women of the Rijksmuseum

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