List of female art museum directors

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]

United States2000s
Rael ArtelTartu Art Museum[3]Estonia2000s
Jacquelynn BaasHood Museum of Art
University Art Museum, Berkeley
United States1980s&90s
Maria BalshawWhitworth, University of Manchester and Manchester City Galleries
Tate
UK2006-17
2017- [4]
Ivy BarskyNational Museum of American Jewish History[5]United States2000s
Kathleen BartelsVancouver Art GalleryCanada2000s
Linda BantelPennsylvania Academy of Fine ArtsUnited States1980s
Caroline BaumannCooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design MuseumUnited States2000s
Annette BlaugrundNational Academy Museum and SchoolUnited States2000s
Jane BledsoeGeorgia Museum of ArtUnited States1980s
Holly BlockBronx Museum of the ArtsUnited States2000s
Jean Sutherland Boggs1922–2014National Gallery of CanadaCanada1960s–1970s
Nathalie BondilMontreal Museum of Fine ArtsCanada2000s
Patricia BoveyWinnipeg Art GalleryCanada2000s
Leslie Greene BowmanWinterthur MuseumUnited States2000s
Betsey BradleyMississippi Museum of ArtUnited States2000s
Adelyn Dohme Breeskin1896–1986Baltimore Museum of ArtUnited States1930s
Karen BrosiusColumbia Museum of Art2000s
Elizabeth BrounNational Museum of American Art
Smithsonian American Art Museum[6]
United States1980s–2000s
Andrea Barnwell BrownleeCummer Museum of ArtUnited States2020-
Laurene BuckleyQueens MuseumUnited States2000s
Mary Schmidt Campbellborn 1948Studio Museum in HarlemUnited States1980s
Janet CardingRoyal Ontario Museum
Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery
Australia, Canada2010–2015
2015–present
Lucy Shelton CaswellBilly Ireland Cartoon Library & MuseumUnited States1977–2010
Linda CathcartContemporary Arts Museum HoustonUnited States1980s
Melissa Chiuborn 1972Asia SocietyUnited States2000s
Muriel B. ChristisonKrannert Art MuseumUnited States1970s
Sara Cochranborn 1967Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary ArtUnited States2010s
Katherine CoffeyNewark MuseumUnited States1940s
Johnnetta ColeNational Museum of African ArtUnited States2000s
Caroline CollierArnolfiniUK1999-2005
Priscilla ColtUniversity of Kentucky Art MuseumUnited States1980s
Annette Cone-Skelton Museum of Contemporary Art of Georgia (MOCA GA) United States 2000–Present
Kinshasha Holman ConwillStudio Museum in HarlemUnited States1980s
Lisa CorrinWilliams College Museum of Art
Mary and Leigh Block Museum of Art
United States2000s
Sharon CorwinColby College Museum of ArtUnited States2000s
Suzanne CotterSerralvesPortugal2000s
Catharine Elizabeth Bean CoxHonolulu Museum of ArtUnited States1920s
Silvia Karma CubinaBass Museum of ArtUnited States2000s
Jo-Anne Birnie DanzkerVancouver Art Gallery
Frye Art Museum
Canada1980s
Elliot Bostwick DavisMuseum of Fine Arts, BostonUnited States2000s
Barbara Knowles DebsNew-York Historical Society [7]United States1980s
Rhana DevenportGovett-Brewster Art Gallery
Auckland Art Gallery
New Zealand2006–2013
2013–present
Anne d'Harnoncourt1943–2008Philadelphia Museum of ArtUnited States1980s
Suzanne DelehantyInstitute of Contemporary Art, Philadelphia
Contemporary Museum Houston
Center for the Fine Arts, Miami
Jane Voorhees Zimmerli Art Center
United States1970s–2000s
Graciela de la TorreMuseo Universitario de Ciencias y ArtesMexico2000s
Jill DeupiLowe Art MuseumUnited States2000s
Gretchen DietrichUtah Museum of Fine ArtsUnited States2000s
Jenny DixonNoguchi MuseumUnited States2000s
Claire DohertyArnolfiniUK2017-
Janice DriesbachSheldon Museum of Art
Dayton Art Institute
United States2000s
Tina DunkleyClark Atlanta University GalleriesUnited States2000s
Susan EdwardsFrist Center for the Visual ArtsUnited States2000s
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)

United States 2000s
Lori FogartyOakland Museum of CaliforniaUnited States2000s
Juliana R. Force1876–1948Whitney Museum of American ArtUnited States1930s
Cathleen GallanderArt Museum of South TexasUnited States1970s
Kathryn E. Gamble1933–2011Montclair Art MuseumUnited States1970s
Courtney GardnerPeninsula Fine Arts Center (PFAC)United States2000s
Alison Gass Smart Museum of ArtUnited States2017–present
Mary Gardner GatesYale University Art Gallery
Seattle Art Museum
United States1980s
Adelheid M. GealtIndiana University Art MuseumUnited States1980s–2000s
Barbara GibbsCrocker Art Museum
Cincinnati Art Museum
United States1980s
Constance W. GlennArt Museum, California State UniversityUnited States1980s
Thelma Goldenborn 1966Studio Museum in HarlemUnited States2000s
Claudia Gouldborn 1956Institute of Contemporary Art
Jewish Museum
United States2000s
Judy GreenbergKreeger Museum[6]United States2000s
Deborah GribbonJ. Paul Getty MuseumUnited States2000s
Madeleine GrynsztejnMuseum of Contemporary Art, ChicagoUnited States2000s
Lynn GumpertGrey Art GalleryUnited States2000s
Kathy HalbreichWalker Art CenterUnited States1990s
Katherine HannaTaft Museum of ArtUnited States1950s
Saralyn Reece HardySpencer Museum of ArtUnited States2000s
Kathleen HarlemanKrannert Art MuseumUnited States2000s
Jenny HarperMuseum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa
Christchurch Art Gallery
New Zealand1990–1992
2006–present
Anne HawleyIsabella Stewart Gardner MuseumUnited States1980s
Alanna Heissborn 1943P.S.1 now MoMA PS1United States1970s
Rebecca Alban HoffbergerAmerican Visionary Art MuseumUnited States2000s
Marilyn HoffmanCurrier Museum of ArtUnited States1980s
Holly HotchnerNew-York Historical Society
Museum of Arts and Design
United States1980s–2000s
Shirley Reiff Howarthborn 1944Muskegon Museum of Art
Tampa Art Museum United States
1975–1979
1979–1981
Katherine InnesMontclair Art MuseumUnited States1920s
Mercedes ItubeMuseo del Palacio de Bellas ArtesMexico2000s
Tessa Jackson1955ArnolfiniUK1991-99
Kathleen JamesonMint MuseumUnited States2000s
Ethel Bowditch Jones1906-1990Fitchburg Art Museum (fmly Fitchburg Art Center)United States1929-1933 [10]
Lial JonesCrocker Art MuseumUnited States2000s
Janet KardonInstitute of Contemporary Art, Philadelphia
American Craft Museum
United States1980s
Emily KassTampa Museum of Art
University of New Mexico Art Museum
Fort Wayne Museum of Art
Ackland Art Museum
United States1980s–2000s
Alice KendallNewark MuseumUnited States1940s
Lyndel KingWeisman Art MuseumUnited States1980s
Dr. Dorothy KosinskiThe Phillips CollectionUnited States2000s
Susan KraneSan Jose Museum of ArtUnited States2000s
Mary H. KujawskiUniversity of Iowa Museum of ArtUnited States1980s
Georgianna LagoriaThe Contemporary Museum, HonoluluUnited States2000s
Marilyn LauferJule Collins Smith Museum of Fine ArtUnited States2000s
Cathy LeffWolfsonianUnited States2000s
Diane LeskoTelfair Museum of ArtUnited States2000s
Florence Nightingale Levy1870–1947Baltimore Museum of ArtUnited States1920s
Peggy LoarCorcoran Gallery of Art[6]United States2000s
Susan LonghenryHaggerty Museum of Art, MilwaukeeUnited States2000s
Donna Lynas Wysing Arts Centre UK 2005-
Nannette MaciejunesColumbus Museum of ArtUnited States2000s
Marcia ManhartPhilbrook Museum of ArtUnited States1980s
Kate MarkertHillwood Estate, Museum & GardensUnited States2000s
Dorothy Mayhall1925–1995Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum
Storm King Art Center
United States1960s–1970s
Elsie Crum McCabeNew Africa Center Museum for African ArtUnited States2000s
Ursula E. McCrackenTextile Museum (Washington, D.C.)United States1980s
Jill MedvedowInstitute of Contemporary ArtUnited States2000s
Ruth MeyerTaft Museum of ArtUnited States1980s
Amy MeyersYale Center for British ArtUnited States2000s
Louise MirrerNew-York Historical SocietyUnited States2000s
Lulu F. Miller1916–1930Muskegon Museum of Art [11]United States1910s
Marena Grant MorriseyOrlando Museum of ArtUnited States1980s–2000s
Laurie Norton MoffatNorman Rockwell MuseumUnited States2000s
Agnes Mongan1905–1996Harvard Art MuseumsUnited States1940s
Gertrude Herdle Moore1896–1993Memorial Art GalleryUnited States1920s
Grace Morley1900–1985San Francisco Museum of Modern ArtUnited States1930s
Frances Morris1959-Tate ModernUK2016-
Jan Keene Muhlertborn 1942University of Iowa Museum of Art
Amon Carter Museum
Palmer Museum of Art
United States1970s–1990s
Alexandra MunroeJapan Society2000s
Rebecca NagySamuel P. Harn Museum of ArtUnited States2000s
Jessica F. NicollSmith College Museum of ArtUnited States2000s
Andrea S. NorrisSpencer Museum of ArtUnited States1980s
Barbara S. NosanowPortland Museum of ArtUnited States1980s
Dr. Christina Orr-CahallOakland Museum of Art
Norton Museum of Art
Corcoran Gallery of Art
United States1980s
Judith H. O’TooleWestmoreland Museum of American ArtUnited States2000s
Merribell ParsonsColumbus Museum of ArtUnited States1980s
Anne PasternakBrooklyn MuseumUnited States2000s
Sharon Pattonborn 1944Allen Memorial Art MuseumUnited States2000s
Ann PhilbinHammer MuseumUnited States1990s
Carol A. PhillipsWinnipeg Art GalleryCanada1980s
Lisa PhillipsNew Museum of Contemporary ArtUnited States2000s
Dianne PilgrimCooper–Hewitt, National Design MuseumUnited States1980s
Raphaela PlatowContemporary Arts CenterUnited States2000s
Mary PlattHilbert Museum of California Art [12]United States2000s
Ellen PlummerArkansas Art CenterUnited States2000s
Jordana PomeroyPatricia & Phillip Frost Art MuseumUnited States2000s
Anne PouletThe Frick CollectionUnited States2000s
Renee PriceNeue Galerie New YorkUnited States2000s
Laura PyeBristol City Museum and Art GalleryUK2015- [13]
Lourdes I. RamosMuseo de Arte de Puerto RicoUnited States2000s
Hilla von Rebay1890–1967Solomon R. Guggenheim MuseumUnited States1930s
Danielle RiceDelaware Art MuseumUnited States2000s
Andrea RichLos Angeles County Museum of ArtUnited States2000s
Jenny E. RobbBilly Ireland Cartoon Library & MuseumUnited States2011-
Kimerly RorschachSmart Museum of Art
Seattle Art Museum
Nasher Art Museum
United States1990s–2000s
Joan RosenbaumJewish Museum (Manhattan)United States1980s
Amy SadaoInstitute of Contemporary Art, Philadelphia [14]United States2000s
Cornelia Bentley Sage1876 or 1880–1936Albright-Knox Gallery[15]United States1910s
Kim SajetNational Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian InstitutionUnited States2000s
Estela SandriniOscar Niemeyer MuseumBrazil2000s
Esther I. SeaverDayton Art InstituteUnited States1940s
Katrina SedgwickAustralian Centre for the Moving ImageAustralia2015–present
Kate SellersWadsworth AtheneumUnited States2000s
Linda ShearerWilliams College Museum of Art, CACUnited States1980s
Hsio-yen Shih1933–2001National Gallery of CanadaCanada1970s
Innis ShoemakerAckland Art MuseumUnited States1980s
Rochelle SlovinMuseum of the Moving Image [16]United States1980s
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 MuseumUnited States1940s
Bonnie SpeedMichael C. Carlos MuseumUnited States2000s
Stephanie StebichTacoma Art MuseumUnited States2000s
Susan Fisher SterlingNational Museum of Women in the Arts[6]United States2000s
Lowery Stokes SimsStudio Museum in HarlemUnited States2000s
Ala Story1907–1972Santa Barbara Museum of ArtUnited States1940s
Terrie SultanParrish Art MuseumUnited States2000s
Mary Sue SweeneyNewark MuseumUnited States1990s
Lisa M. TaylorCooper–Hewitt, National Design MuseumUnited States1980s
Elsie McCabe ThompsonMuseum for African ArtUnited States1990s
Shirley Thomson1930–2010National Gallery of CanadaCanada1980s
Edith TonelliWight Art Gallery1980s
Marcia Tucker1940–2006New Museum of Contemporary ArtUnited States1980s
Julia Brown TurrellDes Moines Art CenterUnited States1980s
Barbara A. TylerMcMichael Canadian Art CollectionCanada1980s
Lora UrbanelliMontclair Art MuseumUnited States2000s
Roxana VelasquezMuseo Nacional de Arte
San Diego Museum of Art
Mexico, United States2000s
Olga VisoHirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden
Walker Art Center
United States2000s
Roslyn WalkerNational Museum of African ArtUnited States1990s
Katherine J. WatsonBowdoin College Museum of ArtUnited States1980s
Simone WichaThe Blanton Museum of ArtUnited States2000s
Karol WightCorning Museum of GlassUnited States2000s
Stephanie WilesAllen Memorial Art Museum
Herbert F. Johnson Museum
United States2000s
Sylvia H. WilliamsNational Museum of African ArtUnited States1980s
Beatrice WinserNewark MuseumUnited States1920s
Sylvia WolfHenry Art GalleryUnited States2000s
Lynn ZelevanskyCarnegie Museum of ArtUnited States2000s
Heidi ZuckermanAspen Art MuseumUnited States2000s

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