Fondation Custodia / Rijksmuseum Junior Curator of Works on Paper
Deadline: 30 October, 2025
The Rijksmuseum and the Fondation Custodia invite two outstanding early career art historians to join us for a two-year, fixed-term apprenticeship. You will spend one year at the Fondation Custodia in Paris and one year at the Print Room of the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam. This unique opportunity offers in-depth experience with two internationally renowned collections and prepares you for a curatorial career in the field of prints and drawings.
The position
Initiated in 2016, this joint apprenticeship gives you the chance to work in two institutions of very different nature and size, but with a shared strength: internationally acclaimed collections of Dutch and Flemish art. In close collaboration with the institutions’ staff, you will be able to engage in many facets of curatorial work. As integrated members of the curatorial team, you will be involved in its programme and contribute to it. It’s a position for 24 months, full time.
Your main activities and responsibilities include:
– assisting with work in the collections’ databases, including cataloguing prints, drawings, etc.;
– assisting in research for potential acquisitions, and visiting previews, auctions and art fairs;
– assisting in research on the permanent collection;
– assisting with collection rotations and exhibitions, including label writing, etc.
– in Paris, you will be responsible for receiving scholars and other visitors in the Frits Lugt Collection’s study room.
For more details and application instructions, click here.