The Museo Nacional del Prado in Madrid and the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam have launched a research partnership aimed at deepening knowledge of women's roles in art and history, in what both museums describe as a landmark collaboration. The announcement came on 1 October. At its core is a new international fellowship programme for postdoctoral researchers, beginning in September 2027, focused on the role, governance and representation of women in the Habsburg Empire, with particular attention to the shared Dutch and Spanish contexts. Fellows will work across the collections of both museums and contribute to exhibition projects developed under the partnership. Recruitment opens in October 2026. A Rijksmuseum exhibition on female leadership in the Habsburg Netherlands in the sixteenth century forms part of the collaboration, alongside expert meetings. The partnership extends longstanding commitments on both sides. At the Prado, 'El Prado en femenino' — originally conceived as a research project — is now a permanent, transversal initiative with nine areas of activity, from research and documentation to education and digital development. Its exhibitions and itineraries have recovered figures including Clara Peeters, Sofonisba Anguissola, Isabel Clara Eugenia and Christina of Sweden. This autumn the museum opens a show on Mariana of Austria tracing the creation and dissemination of the queen's image at a decisive moment for the Spanish monarchy. In Amsterdam, an interdisciplinary team has worked since 2021 on making women more visible across the museum, producing the Women in the Museum symposium series, the exhibition Point of View: A Gender Perspective on the Collection, acquisitions of works by Gesina ter Borch, Maria van Oosterwijck and Marlow Moss, and studies of more than 450 objects. The partnership, both museums say, should enrich understanding of the shared Dutch-Spanish past through more inclusive scholarship.