List of female art museum directors

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This is a list of notable female art museum directors.

List

NameDatesMuseumCountryTenure
Hope AlswangRhode Island School of Design Museum[1]

Norton Museum of Art[1][2]

 USA2000s
Rael ArtelTartu Art Museum[3]Estonia2000s
Jacquelynn BaasHood Museum of Art
University Art Museum, Berkeley		USA1980s&90s
Maria BalshawWhitworth, University of Manchester and Manchester City Galleries
Tate		UK2006-17
2017- [4]
Ivy BarskyNational Museum of American Jewish History[5]USA2000s
Kathleen BartelsVancouver Art GalleryCanada2000s
Linda BantelPennsylvania Academy of Fine ArtsUSA1980s
Caroline BaumannCooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design MuseumUSA2000s
Annette BlaugrundNational Academy Museum and SchoolUSA2000s
Jane BledsoeGeorgia Museum of ArtUSA1980s
Holly BlockBronx Museum of the ArtsUSA2000s
Jean Sutherland Boggs1922–2014National Gallery of CanadaCanada1960s–1970s
Nathalie BondilMontreal Museum of Fine ArtsCanada2000s
Patricia BoveyWinnipeg Art GalleryCanada2000s
Leslie Greene BowmanWinterthur MuseumUSA2000s
Betsey BradleyMississippi Museum of ArtUSA2000s
Adelyn Dohme Breeskin1896–1986Baltimore Museum of ArtUSA1930s
Karen BrosiusColumbia Museum of Art2000s
Elizabeth BrounNational Museum of American Art
Smithsonian American Art Museum[6]		USA1980s–2000s
Andrea Barnwell BrownleeSpelman College Museum of Fine ArtUSA2000s
Laurene BuckleyQueens MuseumUSA2000s
Mary Schmidt Campbellborn 1948Studio Museum in HarlemUSA1980s
Janet CardingRoyal Ontario Museum
Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery		Australia, Canada2010–2015
2015–present
Lucy Shelton CaswellBilly Ireland Cartoon Library & MuseumUSA1977–2010
Linda CathcartContemporary Arts Museum HoustonUSA1980s
Melissa Chiuborn 1972Asia SocietyUSA2000s
Muriel B. ChristisonKrannert Art MuseumUSA1970s
Sara Cochranborn 1967Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary ArtUSA2010s
Katherine CoffeyNewark MuseumUSA1940s
Johnnetta ColeNational Museum of African ArtUSA2000s
Caroline CollierArnolfiniUK1999-2005
Priscilla ColtUniversity of Kentucky Art MuseumUSA1980s
Annette Cone-Skelton Museum of Contemporary Art of Georgia (MOCA GA) USA 2000–Present
Kinshasha Holman ConwillStudio Museum in HarlemUSA1980s
Lisa CorrinWilliams College Museum of Art
Mary and Leigh Block Museum of Art		USA2000s
Sharon CorwinColby College Museum of ArtUSA2000s
Suzanne CotterSerralvesPortugal2000s
Catharine Elizabeth Bean CoxHonolulu Museum of ArtUSA1920s
Silvia Karma CubinaBass Museum of ArtUSA2000s
Jo-Anne Birnie DanzkerVancouver Art Gallery
Frye Art Museum		Canada1980s
Elliot Bostwick DavisMuseum of Fine Arts, BostonUSA2000s
Barbara Knowles DebsNew-York Historical Society [7]USA1980s
Rhana DevenportGovett-Brewster Art Gallery
Auckland Art Gallery		New Zealand2006–2013
2013–present
Anne d'Harnoncourt1943–2008Philadelphia Museum of ArtUSA1980s
Suzanne DelehantyInstitute of Contemporary Art, Philadelphia
Contemporary Museum Houston
Center for the Fine Arts, Miami
Jane Voorhees Zimmerli Art Center		USA1970s–2000s
Graciela de la TorreMuseo Universitario de Ciencias y ArtesMexico2000s
Jill DeupiLowe Art MuseumUSA2000s
Gretchen DietrichUtah Museum of Fine ArtsUSA2000s
Jenny DixonNoguchi MuseumUSA2000s
Claire DohertyArnolfiniUK2017-
Janice DriesbachSheldon Museum of Art
Dayton Art Institute		USA2000s
Tina DunkleyClark Atlanta University GalleriesUSA2000s
Susan EdwardsFrist Center for the Visual ArtsUSA2000s
Kristin EvendenGlenbow MuseumCanada2000s
Charlotte Eyerman JPMorgan Chase Art Collection[8] (2017-)

Monterey Museum of Art[9] (2013–16)

FRAME (French Regional & American Museums Exchange) (2010–13)

Gagosian Gallery, Beverly Hills (2009–10)

 USA 2000s
Lori FogartyOakland Museum of CaliforniaUSA2000s
Juliana R. Force1876–1948Whitney Museum of American ArtUSA1930s
Cathleen GallanderArt Museum of South TexasUSA1970s
Kathryn E. Gamble1933–2011Montclair Art MuseumUSA1970s
Courtney GardnerPeninsula Fine Arts Center (PFAC)USA2000s
Alison Gass Smart Museum of ArtUSA2017–present
Mary Gardner GatesYale University Art Gallery
Seattle Art Museum		USA1980s
Adelheid M. GealtIndiana University Art MuseumUSA1980s–2000s
Barbara GibbsCrocker Art Museum
Cincinnati Art Museum		USA1980s
Constance W. GlennArt Museum, California State UniversityUSA1980s
Thelma Goldenborn 1966Studio Museum in HarlemUSA2000s
Claudia Gouldborn 1956Institute of Contemporary Art
Jewish Museum		USA2000s
Judy GreenbergKreeger Museum[6]USA2000s
Deborah GribbonJ. Paul Getty MuseumUSA2000s
Madeleine GrynsztejnMuseum of Contemporary Art, ChicagoUSA2000s
Lynn GumpertGrey Art GalleryUSA2000s
Kathy HalbreichWalker Art CenterUSA1990s
Katherine HannaTaft Museum of ArtUSA1950s
Saralyn Reece HardySpencer Museum of ArtUSA2000s
Kathleen HarlemanKrannert Art MuseumUSA2000s
Jenny HarperMuseum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa
Christchurch Art Gallery		New Zealand1990–1992
2006–present
Anne HawleyIsabella Stewart Gardner MuseumUSA1980s
Alanna Heissborn 1943P.S.1 now MoMA PS1USA1970s
Rebecca Alban HoffbergerAmerican Visionary Art MuseumUSA2000s
Marilyn HoffmanCurrier Museum of ArtUSA1980s
Holly HotchnerNew-York Historical Society
Museum of Arts and Design		USA1980s–2000s
Shirley Reiff Howarthborn 1944Muskegon Museum of Art
Tampa Art Museum USA		1975–1979
1979–1981
Katherine InnesMontclair Art MuseumUSA1920s
Mercedes ItubeMuseo del Palacio de Bellas ArtesMexico2000s
Tessa Jackson1955ArnolfiniUK1991-99
Kathleen JamesonMint MuseumUSA2000s
Ethel Bowditch Jones1906-1990Fitchburg Art Museum (fmly Fitchburg Art Center)USA1929-1933 [10]
Lial JonesCrocker Art MuseumUSA2000s
Janet KardonInstitute of Contemporary Art, Philadelphia
American Craft Museum		USA1980s
Emily KassTampa Museum of Art
University of New Mexico Art Museum
Fort Wayne Museum of Art
Ackland Art Museum		USA1980s–2000s
Alice KendallNewark MuseumUSA1940s
Lyndel KingWeisman Art MuseumUSA1980s
Dr. Dorothy KosinskiThe Phillips CollectionUSA2000s
Susan KraneSan Jose Museum of ArtUSA2000s
Mary H. KujawskiUniversity of Iowa Museum of ArtUSA1980s
Georgianna LagoriaThe Contemporary Museum, HonoluluUSA2000s
Marilyn LauferJule Collins Smith Museum of Fine ArtUSA2000s
Cathy LeffWolfsonianUSA2000s
Diane LeskoTelfair Museum of ArtUSA2000s
Florence Nightingale Levy1870–1947Baltimore Museum of ArtUSA1920s
Peggy LoarCorcoran Gallery of Art[6]USA2000s
Susan LonghenryHaggerty Museum of Art, MilwaukeeUSA2000s
Donna Lynas Wysing Arts Centre UK 2005-
Nannette MaciejunesColumbus Museum of ArtUSA2000s
Marcia ManhartPhilbrook Museum of ArtUSA1980s
Kate MarkertHillwood Estate, Museum & GardensUSA2000s
Dorothy Mayhall1925–1995Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum
Storm King Art Center		USA1960s–1970s
Elsie Crum McCabeNew Africa Center Museum for African ArtUSA2000s
Ursula E. McCrackenTextile Museum (Washington, D.C.)USA1980s
Jill MedvedowInstitute of Contemporary ArtUSA2000s
Ruth MeyerTaft Museum of ArtUSA1980s
Amy MeyersYale Center for British ArtUSA2000s
Louise MirrerNew-York Historical SocietyUSA2000s
Lulu F. Miller1916–1930Muskegon Museum of Art [11]USA1910s
Marena Grant MorriseyOrlando Museum of ArtUSA1980s–2000s
Laurie Norton MoffatNorman Rockwell MuseumUSA2000s
Agnes Mongan1905–1996Harvard Art MuseumsUSA1940s
Gertrude Herdle Moore1896–1993Memorial Art GalleryUSA1920s
Grace Morley1900–1985San Francisco Museum of Modern ArtUSA1930s
Frances Morris1959-Tate ModernUK2016-
Jan Keene Muhlertborn 1942University of Iowa Museum of Art
Amon Carter Museum
Palmer Museum of Art		USA1970s–1990s
Alexandra MunroeJapan Society2000s
Rebecca NagySamuel P. Harn Museum of ArtUSA2000s
Jessica F. NicollSmith College Museum of ArtUSA2000s
Andrea S. NorrisSpencer Museum of ArtUSA1980s
Barbara S. NosanowPortland Museum of ArtUSA1980s
Dr. Christina Orr-CahallOakland Museum of Art
Norton Museum of Art
Corcoran Gallery of Art		USA1980s
Judith H. O’TooleWestmoreland Museum of American ArtUSA2000s
Merribell ParsonsColumbus Museum of ArtUSA1980s
Anne PasternakBrooklyn MuseumUSA2000s
Sharon Pattonborn 1944Allen Memorial Art MuseumUSA2000s
Ann PhilbinHammer MuseumUSA1990s
Carol A. PhillipsWinnipeg Art GalleryCanada1980s
Lisa PhillipsNew Museum of Contemporary ArtUSA2000s
Dianne PilgrimCooper–Hewitt, National Design MuseumUSA1980s
Raphaela PlatowContemporary Arts CenterUSA2000s
Mary PlattHilbert Museum of California Art [12]USA2000s
Ellen PlummerArkansas Art CenterUSA2000s
Jordana PomeroyPatricia & Phillip Frost Art MuseumUSA2000s
Anne PouletThe Frick CollectionUSA2000s
Renee PriceNeue Galerie New YorkUSA2000s
Laura PyeBristol City Museum and Art GalleryUK2015- [13]
Lourdes I. RamosMuseo de Arte de Puerto RicoUSA2000s
Hilla von Rebay1890–1967Solomon R. Guggenheim MuseumUSA1930s
Danielle RiceDelaware Art MuseumUSA2000s
Andrea RichLos Angeles County Museum of ArtUSA2000s
Jenny E. RobbBilly Ireland Cartoon Library & MuseumUSA2011-
Kimerly RorschachSmart Museum of Art
Seattle Art Museum
Nasher Art Museum		USA1990s–2000s
Joan RosenbaumJewish Museum (Manhattan)USA1980s
Amy SadaoInstitute of Contemporary Art, Philadelphia [14]USA2000s
Cornelia Bentley Sage1876 or 1880–1936Albright-Knox Gallery[15]USA1910s
Kim SajetNational Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian InstitutionUSA2000s
Estela SandriniOscar Niemeyer MuseumBrazil2000s
Esther I. SeaverDayton Art InstituteUSA1940s
Katrina SedgwickAustralian Centre for the Moving ImageAustralia2015–present
Kate SellersWadsworth AtheneumUSA2000s
Linda ShearerWilliams College Museum of Art, CACUSA1980s
Hsio-yen Shih1933–2001National Gallery of CanadaCanada1970s
Innis ShoemakerAckland Art MuseumUSA1980s
Rochelle SlovinMuseum of the Moving Image [16]USA1980s
Cheryll SotheranGovett-Brewster Art Gallery
Dunedin Public Art Gallery
Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa		New Zealand1986–1989
1989–1992
1992–2002
Isabel Spaulding RobertsBrooklyn MuseumUSA1940s
Bonnie SpeedMichael C. Carlos MuseumUSA2000s
Stephanie StebichTacoma Art MuseumUSA2000s
Susan Fisher SterlingNational Museum of Women in the Arts[6]USA2000s
Lowery Stokes SimsStudio Museum in HarlemUSA2000s
Ala Story1907–1972Santa Barbara Museum of ArtUSA1940s
Terrie SultanParrish Art MuseumUSA2000s
Mary Sue SweeneyNewark MuseumUSA1990s
Lisa M. TaylorCooper–Hewitt, National Design MuseumUSA1980s
Elsie McCabe ThompsonMuseum for African ArtUSA1990s
Shirley Thomson1930–2010National Gallery of CanadaCanada1980s
Edith TonelliWight Art Gallery1980s
Marcia Tucker1940–2006New Museum of Contemporary ArtUSA1980s
Julia Brown TurrellDes Moines Art CenterUSA1980s
Barbara A. TylerMcMichael Canadian Art CollectionCanada1980s
Lora UrbanelliMontclair Art MuseumUSA2000s
Roxana VelasquezMuseo Nacional de Arte
San Diego Museum of Art		Mexico, USA2000s
Olga VisoHirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden
Walker Art Center		USA2000s
Roslyn WalkerNational Museum of African ArtUSA1990s
Katherine J. WatsonBowdoin College Museum of ArtUSA1980s
Simone WichaThe Blanton Museum of ArtUSA2000s
Karol WightCorning Museum of GlassUSA2000s
Stephanie WilesAllen Memorial Art Museum
Herbert F. Johnson Museum		USA2000s
Sylvia H. WilliamsNational Museum of African ArtUSA1980s
Beatrice WinserNewark MuseumUSA1920s
Sylvia WolfHenry Art GalleryUSA2000s
Lynn ZelevanskyCarnegie Museum of ArtUSA2000s
Heidi ZuckermanAspen Art MuseumUSA2000s

References

  1. 1 2 "Hope Alswang Named Director and CEO of Norton Museum". www.artforum.com. Retrieved 2018-03-17.
  2. ↑ "Members". Association of Art Museum Directors. Retrieved 2018-03-17.
  3. ↑ "Rael Artel will continue as the Director of the Tartu Art Museum | Ministry of Culture". www.kul.ee. Retrieved 2018-03-17.
  4. ↑ "Dr Maria Balshaw". National Museum Directors' Council. Retrieved 4 April 2018.
  5. ↑ "Staff List". NMAJH. Retrieved 2014-05-19.
  6. 1 2 3 4 Boyle, Katherine; O'Neal Parker, Lonnae (February 28, 2014). "The Directors". The Washington Post.
  7. ↑ "Historical Society Names Leader". New York Times. October 2, 1992. Retrieved 2014-08-08. Mr. Pearlstine, who has been chairman of the Historical Society since April 1989, is to head a search committee to replace Dr. Barbara Knowles Debs, who retired yesterday after four years as president. ...
  8. ↑ "New Director and Chief Curator of the JPMorgan Chase Art Collection Named | JPMorgan Chase & Co". JPMorgan Chase & Co. Retrieved 2018-03-17.
  9. ↑ "Charlotte Eyerman leaves the Monterey Museum of Art". The Salinas Californian. Retrieved 2018-03-17.
  10. ↑ Fitchburg Sentinel Newspaper Archives, Saturday, July 16, 1932 - Page 4; Fitchburg Sentinel Newspaper Archives, Sep 27, 1933, p. 7; see also JONES, ETHEL B. “FITCHBURG'S NEW ART CENTER.” The American Magazine of Art, vol. 21, no. 2, 1930, pp. 98–99. JSTOR, JSTOR, www.jstor.org/stable/23931378.
  11. ↑ "History - Muskegon Art Museum". Muskegon Museum of Art. Retrieved 2016-02-09.
  12. ↑ "Hilbert Museum of California Art at Chapman University". Hilbert Museum.
  13. ↑ "Laura Pye, Head of Culture, Bristols Museums, Galleries & Archives". National Museum Directors' Council. Retrieved 4 April 2018.
  14. ↑ Jacoby, Sarah (2012-06-22). "Amy Sadao Appointed Executive Director of the ICA Philadelphia". Art in America. Retrieved 2015-04-21.
  15. ↑ "Cornelia Bentley Sage Quinton Records, 1908-1930". Albright-Knox Art Gallery. Retrieved 21 May 2014.
  16. ↑ Pogrebin, Robin (November 3, 2010). "It's a Wrap: Director of Film Museum Plans to Retire". The New York Times.
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