Francine Snyder specializes in artist and museum archives, and in fostering research and scholarship on contemporary cross-disciplinary creative practices. 

Since 2015, as Director of Archives at the Robert Rauschenberg Foundation, Snyder has been responsible for the leadership and management of the Foundation archives, with the goal of increasing access to and use of archival materials. Major initiatives include processing the Robert Rauschenberg papers, over 300 cubic feet documenting Rauschenberg’s personal and professional practices; the Foundation’s Fair Use Policy, intended to reduce barriers to image use; the Archives Research Residency, a program that supports multi-week research intensives within the collection; and a forthcoming expanded digital archives. 

In October 2025, I Don’t Think About Being Great: Selected Writings by Robert Rauschenberg, edited by Snyder, co-published by the Foundation and Yale University Press, was released, highlighting Rauschenberg's love of words.