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List of female art museum directors

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This is a list of notable female art museum directors.

List

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Name Dates Museum Country Tenure
Hope Alswang Rhode Island School of Design Museum[1]

Norton Museum of Art[1][2]

United States 2000s
Rael Artel Tartu Art Museum[3] Estonia 2000s
Liz Andrews Spelman College Museum of Fine Art United States 2021–present
Jacquelynn Baas Hood Museum of Art
University Art Museum, Berkeley		 United States 1980s and 1990s
Maria Balshaw Whitworth, University of Manchester and Manchester City Galleries
Tate		 United Kingdom 2006-2017
2017-[4][5]
Ivy Barsky National Museum of American Jewish History[6] United States 2000s
Jane Bledsoe Georgia Museum of Art United States 1980s
Jean Sutherland Boggs 1922–2014 National Gallery of Canada Canada 1960s–1970s
Patricia Bovey Winnipeg Art Gallery Canada 2000s
Adelyn Dohme Breeskin 1896–1986 Baltimore Museum of Art United States 1930s
Elizabeth Broun born 1946 Spencer Museum of Art
Smithsonian American Art Museum		 United States 1982–1983
1989–2016
Andrea Barnwell Brownlee Spelman College Museum of Fine Art (2001–2020)

Cummer Museum of Art (2020–present)

United States 2001–present
Mary Schmidt Campbell born 1948 Studio Museum in Harlem United States 1980s
Melissa Chiu born 1972 Asia Society United States 2000s
Annette Cone-Skelton born 1942 Museum of Contemporary Art of Georgia United States 2000–present
Jo-Anne Birnie Danzker Vancouver Art Gallery
Frye Art Museum		 Canada 1980s
Barbara Knowles Debs New-York Historical Society[7] United States 1980s
Rhana Devenport Govett-Brewster Art Gallery
Auckland Art Gallery		 New Zealand 2006–2013
2013–present
Anne d'Harnoncourt 1943–2008 Philadelphia Museum of Art United States 1980s
Claire Doherty Arnolfini United Kingdom 2017–present
Charlotte Eyerman JPMorgan Chase Art Collection[8] (2017-)

Monterey Museum of Art[9] (2013–16)

FRAME (French Regional & American Museums Exchange) (2010–2013)

Gagosian Gallery, Beverly Hills (2009–2010)

United States 2000s
Juliana R. Force 1876–1948 Whitney Museum of American Art United States 1930s
Courtney Gardner born 1967 Pearl Fincher Museum of Fine Arts
Peninsula Fine Arts Center		 United States 2000s
Thelma Golden born 1966 Studio Museum in Harlem United States 2000s-present[5]
Claudia Gould born 1956 Institute of Contemporary Art
Jewish Museum		 United States 2000s
Jenny Harper Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa
Christchurch Art Gallery		 New Zealand 1990–1992
2006–2018
Anne Hawley Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum United States 1980s
Alanna Heiss born 1943 P.S.1 now MoMA PS1 United States 1970s
Karin Hindsbo born 1974 Tate Modern United Kingdom 2023–present
Rebecca Alban Hoffberger American Visionary Art Museum United States 2000s
Tessa Jackson born 1955 Arnolfini United Kingdom 1991-1999
Ethel Bowditch Jones 1906–1990 Fitchburg Art Museum (fmly Fitchburg Art Center) United States 1929-1933[10]
Dorothy Kosinski The Phillips Collection United States 2000s
Florence Nightingale Levy 1870–1947 Baltimore Museum of Art United States 1920s
Peggy Loar Corcoran Gallery of Art[11] United States 2000s


Julia Marciari-Alexander born 1967 Walters Art Museum United States 2013–present
Dorothy Mayhall 1925–1995 Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum
Storm King Art Center		 United States 1960s–1970s
Amy Meyers Yale Center for British Art United States 2002-2019
Louise Mirrer New-York Historical Society United States 2000s
Lulu F. Miller 1916–1930 Muskegon Museum of Art[12] United States 1910s
Agnes Mongan 1905–1996 Harvard Art Museums United States 1940s
Grace Morley 1900–1985 San Francisco Museum of Modern Art United States 1930s
Frances Morris born 1959 Tate Modern United Kingdom 2016–2023
Jessica F. Nicoll Smith College Museum of Art United States 2000s
Anne Pasternak Brooklyn Museum United States 2000s
Sharon Patton born 1944 Allen Memorial Art Museum United States 2000s
Ann Philbin Hammer Museum United States 1990s
Lisa Phillips New Museum of Contemporary Art United States 2000s
Mary Platt Hilbert Museum of California Art[13] United States 2000s
Anne Poulet The Frick Collection United States 2000s
Yelena Pronicheva Tretyakov Gallery Russian Federation 2023–present
Hilla von Rebay 1890–1967 Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum United States 1930s
Anne-Imelda Radice born 1948 National Museum of Women in the Arts
American Folk Art Museum		 United States 1983–1989
2012–2022
Suhanya Raffel M+
Hong Kong
2016–present
Katharine Lee Reid Cleveland Museum of Art United States 2000–2005
Joan Rosenbaum Jewish Museum (Manhattan) United States 1980s
Amy Sadao Institute of Contemporary Art, Philadelphia[14] United States 2000s
Cornelia Bentley Sage 1876 or 1880–1936 Albright-Knox Gallery[15] United States 1910s
Katrina Sedgwick Australian Centre for the Moving Image Australia 2015–present
Hsio-yen Shih 1933–2001 National Gallery of Canada Canada 1970s
Rochelle Slovin Museum of the Moving Image[16] United States 1980s
Cheryll Sotheran Govett-Brewster Art Gallery
Dunedin Public Art Gallery
Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa		 New Zealand 1986–1989
1989–1992
1992–2002
Susan Fisher Sterling National Museum of Women in the Arts[11] United States 2000s
Lowery Stokes Sims Studio Museum in Harlem United States 2000s
Stephanie Stebich born 1966 Tacoma Art Museum
Smithsonian American Art Museum		 United States 2005–2017
2017–present
Martha Tedeschi born 1958 Harvard Art Museums United States 2016–present
Shirley Thomson 1930–2010 National Gallery of Canada Canada 1987–97[17]
Marcia Tucker 1940–2006 New Museum of Contemporary Art United States 1980s
Olga Viso Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden
Walker Art Center		 United States 2000s
Roslyn Walker National Museum of African Art United States 1990s
Zoé Whitley born 1979 Chisenhale Gallery United Kingdom 2020–present
Sylvia H. Williams National Museum of African Art United States 1980s
Beatrice Winser Newark Museum United States 1920s
Heidi Zuckerman Aspen Art Museum
Orange County Museum of Art		 United States 2005–2019
2021–present
Zelfira Tregulova Tretyakov Gallery Russian Federation 2015–2023
Joyce Tsai, PhD[18] The Clyfford Still Museum United States 2021–present
Connie Butler MoMA PS1 United States 2023-present
Johanna Butler Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles United States 2022-present
Anne Ellegood Institute of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles United States 2019-present
Laurence des Cars Louvre France 2021-present[5]
Sasha Suda Philadelphia Museum Canada 2022-present[5]
Victoria Siddall National Portrait Gallery, London United Kingdom 2024-present

References

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  1. ^ a b "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. ^ a b c d Loos, Ted (April 25, 2023). ""Increasingly, Women Are Running the World's Great Museums"". The New York Times.
  6. ^ "Staff List". NMAJH. Retrieved 2014-05-19.
  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. 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. ^ a b Boyle, Katherine; O'Neal Parker, Lonnae (February 28, 2014). "The Directors". The Washington Post.
  12. ^ "History - Muskegon Art Museum". Muskegon Museum of Art. 18 November 2008. Retrieved 2016-02-09.
  13. ^ "Hilbert Museum of California Art at Chapman University". Hilbert Museum.
  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. Archived from the original on 13 May 2014. 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.
  17. ^ "Former National Gallery head Shirley Thomson dies". CBC Arts. Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. 11 August 2010. Retrieved 3 March 2020.
  18. ^ Andersen-Vie, Sanya (2021-05-28). "Clyfford Still Museum announces Joyce Tsai as next director". Clyfford Still Museum. Retrieved 2022-12-30.
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