Since March 1, 2016, Judikje Kiers has served as managing director of the Amsterdam Museum. Judikje Kiers (1962) studied art history and architectural history at the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam. Kiers began her career at the Frans Hals Museum, after which she worked for the Rijksmuseum. In addition, she was a lecturer at the Rietveld Academie and the Reinwardt Academie in Amsterdam. In 2001 she was appointed director of Museum Ons’ Lieve Heer op Solder, which was restored and expanded under her leadership. From 2009 onward, she combined that position with a directorship at the Bijbels Museum and the Cromhouthuizen. Together with Margriet Schavemaker (Artistic Director), Remco Mol (Head of Operations), Maurice Seleky (Head of Communications and Marketing), and Marijke Oosterbroek (Head of the Project Office), Judikje Kiers is part of the management team of the Amsterdam Museum.