List of female art museum directors explained

This is a list of notable female art museum directors.

List

Name	Dates	Museum	Country	Tenure
		Rhode Island School of Design Museum^[1] Norton Museum of Art^[2]	United States	2000s
		Tartu Art Museum^[3]	Estonia	2000s
Liz Andrews		Spelman College Museum of Fine Art	United States	2021–present
			United States	1980s and 1990s
			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
	1922–2014		Canada	1960s–1970s
			Canada	2000s
	1896–1986		United States	1930s
	born 1946		United States	1982–1983 1989–2016
		Spelman College Museum of Fine Art (2001–2020)Cummer Museum of Art (2020–present)	United States	2001–present
	born 1948		United States	1980s
	born 1972		United States	2000s
Annette Cone-Skelton	born 1942	Museum of Contemporary Art of Georgia	United States	2000–present
Jo-Anne Birnie Danzker			Canada	1980s
		New-York Historical Society^[7]	United States	1980s
			New Zealand	2006–2013 2013–present
	1943–2008		United States	1980s
			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
	1876–1948		United States	1930s
	born 1967		United States	2000s
	born 1966		United States	2000s-present
	born 1956		United States	2000s
			New Zealand	1990–1992 2006–2018
			United States	1980s
	born 1943		United States	1970s
			United States	2000s
	born 1955		United Kingdom	1991-1999
Ethel Bowditch Jones	1906–1990	Fitchburg Art Museum (fmly Fitchburg Art Center)	United States	1929-1933^[10]
			United States	2000s
	1870–1947		United States	1920s
Peggy Loar			United States	2000s
	born 1967		United States	2013–present
	1925–1995		United States	1960s–1970s
			United States	2002-2019
			United States	2000s
Lulu F. Miller	1916–1930	Muskegon Museum of Art^[11]	United States	1910s
	1905–1996		United States	1940s
	1900–1985		United States	1930s
	born 1959		United Kingdom	2016–present
			United States	2000s
			United States	2000s
	born 1944		United States	2000s
			United States	1990s
			United States	2000s
Mary Platt		Hilbert Museum of California Art^[12]	United States	2000s
			United States	2000s
Yelena Pronicheva			Russian Federation	2023–present
		1890–1967		United States	1930s
	born 1948		United States	1983–1989 2012–2022
Katharine Lee Reid			United States	2000–2005
Joan Rosenbaum			United States	1980s
		Institute of Contemporary Art, Philadelphia^[13]	United States	2000s
	1876 or 1880–1936	Albright-Knox Gallery^[14]	United States	1910s
			Australia	2015–present
	1933–2001		Canada	1970s
		Museum of the Moving Image^[15]	United States	1980s
			New Zealand	1986–1989 1989–1992 1992–2002
		National Museum of Women in the Arts^[16]	United States	2000s
			United States	2000s
	born 1966		United States	2005–2017 2017–present
	born 1958		United States	2016–present
	1930–2010		Canada	1987–97^[17]
	1940–2006		United States	1980s
			United States	2000s
			United States	1990s
	born 1979		United Kingdom	2020–present
			United States	1980s
			United States	1920s
			United States	2005–2019 2021–present
			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
Sasha Suda		Philadelphia Museum	Canada	2022-present

Notes and References

1. Web site: Hope Alswang Named Director and CEO of Norton Museum. www.artforum.com. 2018-03-17.
2. Web site: Members. Association of Art Museum Directors. 2018-03-17.
3. Web site: Rael Artel will continue as the Director of the Tartu Art Museum Ministry of Culture. www.kul.ee. en. 2018-03-17.
4. Web site: Dr Maria Balshaw. National Museum Directors' Council. 4 April 2018.
5. News: Loos . Ted . April 25, 2023 . "Increasingly, Women Are Running the World’s Great Museums" . live . The New York Times.
6. Web site: Staff List . NMAJH . 2014-05-19.
7. News: Historical Society Names Leader . 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. ... . . October 2, 1992 . 2014-08-08 .
8. News: New Director and Chief Curator of the JPMorgan Chase Art Collection Named. JPMorgan Chase & Co.. 2018-03-17. en.
9. News: Charlotte Eyerman leaves the Monterey Museum of Art. The Salinas Californian. 2018-03-17. en.
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. Web site: History - Muskegon Art Museum. 18 November 2008 . Muskegon Museum of Art. 2016-02-09.
12. Web site: Hilbert Museum of California Art at Chapman University. Hilbert Museum.
13. Web site: Jacoby. Sarah. Amy Sadao Appointed Executive Director of the ICA Philadelphia. Art in America. 2015-04-21. 2012-06-22.
14. Web site: Cornelia Bentley Sage Quinton Records, 1908-1930. Albright-Knox Art Gallery. 21 May 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20140513002553/http://www.albrightknox.org/research/archives-collection/cornelia-bentley-sage-quinton/. 13 May 2014. dead.
15. News: Pogrebin. Robin. It's a Wrap: Director of Film Museum Plans to Retire. The New York Times. November 3, 2010.
16. News: Boyle. Katherine. The Directors. The Washington Post. February 28, 2014. O'Neal Parker, Lonnae.
17. Web site: Former National Gallery head Shirley Thomson dies. Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. CBC Arts. 11 August 2010. 3 March 2020.
18. Web site: Andersen-Vie . Sanya . 2021-05-28 . Clyfford Still Museum announces Joyce Tsai as next director . 2022-12-30 . Clyfford Still Museum . en-US.