Hannah Thijs (°1990) studied art sciences and archaeology at the Vrije Universiteit Brussel and the University of Leiden, focusing on sixteenth-century art from the Netherlands and Italy. After several internships at museums and research centers in Antwerp and Rome, she obtained a master’s degree in cultural management at the University of Antwerp. She then worked for more than five years as Collection Manager at The Phoebus Foundation in Antwerp. Since June 2021 Hannah works as Head of Collection at Museum Hof van Busleyden in Mechelen.