The Rietveld Schröder Archive
The archive comprises some 50,000 photographs, drawings, clippings, texts and letters, offering deeper insight into Rietveld’s work and the work Schröder and Rietveld created together.
In 1985, the Rietveld Schröder House and the Rietveld Schröder Archive came under the care of the Centraal Museum.
We owe this archive to Schröder. After Rietveld died in 1964, she devoted herself to preserving his legacy by organising a large part of his archive, which was kept in their house. For years, the Rietveld Schröder House, once so empty and uncluttered, was filled with boxes, folders and stacks of paper. Among Rietveld’s papers, we also find Schröder’s own documentary legacy.
The archive comprises some 50,000 photographs, drawings, clippings, texts and letters. Furniture sketches, architectural drawings, documentation of renovations and correspondence with clients offer deeper insight into Rietveld’s work and the work Schröder and Rietveld did together. Schröder’s private papers, which form part of the archive, also provide a glimpse into her 95-year life. They tell us about her daily life, as well as what it was like to work and live in her remarkable home.
Through donations and acquisitions, the archive has almost doubled in size since 1985. Just as Truus Schröder envisioned, it has become an important and exceptionally extensive resource for research into their lives, ideas and work.
