This is a list of notable female art museum directors.
{{List TOC Letters Name | Dates | Museum | Country | Tenure |
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A}} Hope Alswang | Rhode Island School of Design Museum[1]Norton Museum of Art[1][2] | USA | 2000s |
Rael Artel | Tartu Art Museum[3] | Estonia | 2000s |
B}}Jacquelynn Baas | Hood Museum of Art University Art Museum, Berkeley | USA | 1980s&90s |
Maria Balshaw | Whitworth, University of Manchester and Manchester City Galleries Tate | UK | 2006-17 2017- [4] |
Ivy Barsky | National Museum of American Jewish History[5] | USA | 2000s |
Kathleen Bartels | Vancouver Art Gallery | Canada | 2000s |
Linda Bantel | Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts | USA | 1980s |
Caroline Baumann | Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum | USA | 2000s |
Annette Blaugrund | National Academy Museum and School | USA | 2000s |
Jane Bledsoe | Georgia Museum of Art | USA | 1980s |
Holly Block | Bronx Museum of the Arts | USA | 2000s |
Jean Sutherland Boggs | 1922–2014 | National Gallery of Canada | Canada | 1960s–1970s |
Nathalie Bondil | Montreal Museum of Fine Arts | Canada | 2000s |
Patricia Bovey | Winnipeg Art Gallery | Canada | 2000s |
Leslie Greene Bowman | Winterthur Museum | USA | 2000s |
Betsey Bradley | Mississippi Museum of Art | USA | 2000s |
Adelyn Dohme Breeskin | 1896–1986 | Baltimore Museum of Art | USA | 1930s |
Karen Brosius | Columbia Museum of Art | 2000s |
Elizabeth Broun | National Museum of American Art Smithsonian American Art Museum[7] | USA | 1980s–2000s |
Andrea Barnwell Brownlee | Spelman College Museum of Fine Art | USA | 2000s |
Laurene Buckley | Queens Museum | USA | 2000s |
C}} Mary Schmidt Campbell | born 1948 | Studio Museum in Harlem | USA | 1980s |
Janet Carding | Royal Ontario Museum Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery | Australia, Canada | 2010–2015 2015–present |
Lucy Shelton Caswell | Billy Ireland Cartoon Library & Museum | USA | 1977–2010 |
Linda Cathcart | Contemporary Arts Museum Houston | USA | 1980s |
Melissa Chiu | born 1972 | Asia Society | USA | 2000s |
Muriel B. Christison | Krannert Art Museum | USA | 1970s |
Sara Cochran | born 1967 | Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art | USA | 2010s |
Katherine Coffey | Newark Museum | USA | 1940s |
Johnnetta Cole | National Museum of African Art | USA | 2000s |
Caroline Collier | Arnolfini | UK | 1999-2005 |
Priscilla Colt | University of Kentucky Art Museum | USA | 1980s |
Annette Cone-Skelton | Museum of Contemporary Art of Georgia (MOCA GA) | USA | 2000–Present |
Kinshasha Holman Conwill | Studio Museum in Harlem | USA | 1980s |
Lisa Corrin | Williams College Museum of Art Mary and Leigh Block Museum of Art | USA | 2000s |
Sharon Corwin | Colby College Museum of Art | USA | 2000s |
Suzanne Cotter | Serralves | Portugal | 2000s |
Catharine Elizabeth Bean Cox | Honolulu Museum of Art | USA | 1920s |
Silvia Karma Cubina | Bass Museum of Art | USA | 2000s |
D}} Jo-Anne Birnie Danzker | Vancouver Art Gallery Frye Art Museum | Canada | 1980s |
Elliot Bostwick Davis | Museum of Fine Arts, Boston | USA | 2000s |
Barbara Knowles Debs | New-York Historical Society [6] | USA | 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 | USA | 1980s |
Suzanne Delehanty | Institute of Contemporary Art, Philadelphia Contemporary Museum Houston Center for the Fine Arts, Miami Jane Voorhees Zimmerli Art Center | USA | 1970s–2000s |
Graciela de la Torre | Museo Universitario de Ciencias y Artes | Mexico | 2000s |
Jill Deupi | Lowe Art Museum | USA | 2000s |
Gretchen Dietrich | Utah Museum of Fine Arts | USA | 2000s |
Jenny Dixon | Noguchi Museum | USA | 2000s |
Claire Doherty | Arnolfini | UK | 2017- |
Janice Driesbach | Sheldon Museum of Art Dayton Art Institute | USA | 2000s |
Tina Dunkley | Clark Atlanta University Galleries | USA | 2000s |
E}} Susan Edwards | Frist Center for the Visual Arts | USA | 2000s |
Kristin Evenden | Glenbow Museum | Canada | 2000s |
Charlotte Eyerman | JPMorgan Chase Art Collection[7] (2017-) Monterey Museum of Art[8] (2013–16) FRAME (French Regional & American Museums Exchange) (2010–13) Gagosian Gallery, Beverly Hills (2009–10) | USA | 2000s |
F}} Lori Fogarty | Oakland Museum of California | USA | 2000s |
Juliana R. Force | 1876–1948 | Whitney Museum of American Art | USA | 1930s |
G}} Cathleen Gallander | Art Museum of South Texas | USA | 1970s |
Kathryn E. Gamble | 1933–2011 | Montclair Art Museum | USA | 1970s |
Courtney Gardner | Peninsula Fine Arts Center (PFAC) | USA | 2000s |
Alison Gass | Smart Museum of Art | USA | 2017–present |
Mary Gardner Gates | Yale University Art Gallery Seattle Art Museum | USA | 1980s |
Adelheid M. Gealt | Indiana University Art Museum | USA | 1980s–2000s |
Barbara Gibbs | Crocker Art Museum Cincinnati Art Museum | USA | 1980s |
Constance W. Glenn | Art Museum, California State University | USA | 1980s |
Thelma Golden | born 1966 | Studio Museum in Harlem | USA | 2000s |
Claudia Gould | born 1956 | Institute of Contemporary Art Jewish Museum | USA | 2000s |
Judy Greenberg | Kreeger Museum[7] | USA | 2000s |
Deborah Gribbon | J. Paul Getty Museum | USA | 2000s |
Madeleine Grynsztejn | Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago | USA | 2000s |
Lynn Gumpert | Grey Art Gallery | USA | 2000s |
H}} Kathy Halbreich | Walker Art Center | USA | 1990s |
Katherine Hanna | Taft Museum of Art | USA | 1950s |
Saralyn Reece Hardy | Spencer Museum of Art | USA | 2000s |
Kathleen Harleman | Krannert Art Museum | USA | 2000s |
Jenny Harper | Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa Christchurch Art Gallery | New Zealand | 1990–1992 2006–present |
Anne Hawley | Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum | USA | 1980s |
Alanna Heiss | born 1943 | P.S.1 now MoMA PS1 | USA | 1970s |
Rebecca Alban Hoffberger | American Visionary Art Museum | USA | 2000s |
Marilyn Hoffman | Currier Museum of Art | USA | 1980s |
Holly Hotchner | New-York Historical Society Museum of Arts and Design | USA | 1980s–2000s |
Shirley Reiff Howarth | born 1944 | Muskegon Museum of Art Tampa Art Museum USA | 1975–1979 1979–1981 |
I}} Katherine Innes | Montclair Art Museum | USA | 1920s |
Mercedes Itube | Museo del Palacio de Bellas Artes | Mexico | 2000s |
J}} Tessa Jackson | 1955 | Arnolfini | UK | 1991-99 |
Kathleen Jameson | Mint Museum | USA | 2000s |
Ethel Bowditch Jones | 1906-1990 | Fitchburg Art Museum (fmly Fitchburg Art Center) | USA | 1929-1933 [9] |
Lial Jones | Crocker Art Museum | USA | 2000s |
K}} Janet Kardon | Institute of Contemporary Art, Philadelphia American Craft Museum | USA | 1980s |
Emily Kass | Tampa Museum of Art University of New Mexico Art Museum Fort Wayne Museum of Art Ackland Art Museum | USA | 1980s–2000s |
Alice Kendall | Newark Museum | USA | 1940s |
Lyndel King | Weisman Art Museum | USA | 1980s |
Dr. Dorothy Kosinski | The Phillips Collection | USA | 2000s |
Susan Krane | San Jose Museum of Art | USA | 2000s |
Mary H. Kujawski | University of Iowa Museum of Art | USA | 1980s |
L}} Georgianna Lagoria | The Contemporary Museum, Honolulu | USA | 2000s |
Marilyn Laufer | Jule Collins Smith Museum of Fine Art | USA | 2000s |
Cathy Leff | Wolfsonian | USA | 2000s |
Diane Lesko | Telfair Museum of Art | USA | 2000s |
Florence Nightingale Levy | 1870–1947 | Baltimore Museum of Art | USA | 1920s |
Peggy Loar | Corcoran Gallery of Art[7] | USA | 2000s |
Susan Longhenry | Haggerty Museum of Art, Milwaukee | USA | 2000s |
Donna Lynas | Wysing Arts Centre | UK | 2005- |
M}} Nannette Maciejunes | Columbus Museum of Art | USA | 2000s |
Marcia Manhart | Philbrook Museum of Art | USA | 1980s |
Kate Markert | Hillwood Estate, Museum & Gardens | USA | 2000s |
Dorothy Mayhall | 1925–1995 | Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum Storm King Art Center | USA | 1960s–1970s |
Elsie Crum McCabe | New Africa Center Museum for African Art | USA | 2000s |
Ursula E. McCracken | Textile Museum (Washington, D.C.) | USA | 1980s |
Jill Medvedow | Institute of Contemporary Art | USA | 2000s |
Ruth Meyer | Taft Museum of Art | USA | 1980s |
Amy Meyers | Yale Center for British Art | USA | 2000s |
Louise Mirrer | New-York Historical Society | USA | 2000s |
Lulu F. Miller | 1916–1930 | Muskegon Museum of Art [10] | USA | 1910s |
Marena Grant Morrisey | Orlando Museum of Art | USA | 1980s–2000s |
Laurie Norton Moffat | Norman Rockwell Museum | USA | 2000s |
Agnes Mongan | 1905–1996 | Harvard Art Museums | USA | 1940s |
Gertrude Herdle Moore | 1896–1993 | Memorial Art Gallery | USA | 1920s |
Grace Morley | 1900–1985 | San Francisco Museum of Modern Art | USA | 1930s |
Frances Morris | 1959- | Tate Modern | UK | 2016- |
Jan Keene Muhlert | born 1942 | University of Iowa Museum of Art Amon Carter Museum Palmer Museum of Art | USA | 1970s–1990s |
Alexandra Munroe | Japan Society | 2000s |
N}} Rebecca Nagy | Samuel P. Harn Museum of Art | USA | 2000s |
Jessica F. Nicoll | Smith College Museum of Art | USA | 2000s |
Andrea S. Norris | Spencer Museum of Art | USA | 1980s |
Barbara S. Nosanow | Portland Museum of Art | USA | 1980s |
O}} Dr. Christina Orr-Cahall | Oakland Museum of Art Norton Museum of Art Corcoran Gallery of Art | USA | 1980s |
Judith H. O’Toole | Westmoreland Museum of American Art | USA | 2000s |
P}} Merribell Parsons | Columbus Museum of Art | USA | 1980s |
Anne Pasternak | Brooklyn Museum | USA | 2000s |
Sharon Patton | born 1944 | Allen Memorial Art Museum | USA | 2000s |
Ann Philbin | Hammer Museum | USA | 1990s |
Carol A. Phillips | Winnipeg Art Gallery | Canada | 1980s |
Lisa Phillips | New Museum of Contemporary Art | USA | 2000s |
Dianne Pilgrim | Cooper–Hewitt, National Design Museum | USA | 1980s |
Raphaela Platow | Contemporary Arts Center | USA | 2000s |
Mary Platt | Hilbert Museum of California Art [11] | USA | 2000s |
Ellen Plummer | Arkansas Art Center | USA | 2000s |
Jordana Pomeroy | Patricia & Phillip Frost Art Museum | USA | 2000s |
Anne Poulet | The Frick Collection | USA | 2000s |
Renee Price | Neue Galerie New York | USA | 2000s |
Laura Pye | Bristol City Museum and Art Gallery | UK | 2015- [12] |
R}} Lourdes I. Ramos | Museo de Arte de Puerto Rico | USA | 2000s |
Hilla von Rebay | 1890–1967 | Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum | USA | 1930s |
Danielle Rice | Delaware Art Museum | USA | 2000s |
Andrea Rich | Los Angeles County Museum of Art | USA | 2000s |
Jenny E. Robb | Billy Ireland Cartoon Library & Museum | USA | 2011- |
Kimerly Rorschach | Smart Museum of Art Seattle Art Museum Nasher Art Museum | USA | 1990s–2000s |
Joan Rosenbaum | Jewish Museum (Manhattan) | USA | 1980s |
S}} Amy Sadao | Institute of Contemporary Art, Philadelphia [13] | USA | 2000s |
Cornelia Bentley Sage | 1876 or 1880–1936 | Albright-Knox Gallery[14] | USA | 1910s |
Kim Sajet | National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution | USA | 2000s |
Estela Sandrini | Oscar Niemeyer Museum | Brazil | 2000s |
Esther I. Seaver | Dayton Art Institute | USA | 1940s |
Katrina Sedgwick | Australian Centre for the Moving Image | Australia | 2015–present |
Kate Sellers | Wadsworth Atheneum | USA | 2000s |
Linda Shearer | Williams College Museum of Art, CAC | USA | 1980s |
Hsio-yen Shih | 1933–2001 | National Gallery of Canada | Canada | 1970s |
Innis Shoemaker | Ackland Art Museum | USA | 1980s |
Rochelle Slovin | Museum of the Moving Image [15] | USA | 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 |
Isabel Spaulding Roberts | Brooklyn Museum | USA | 1940s |
Bonnie Speed | Michael C. Carlos Museum | USA | 2000s |
Stephanie Stebich | Tacoma Art Museum | USA | 2000s |
Susan Fisher Sterling | National Museum of Women in the Arts[16] | USA | 2000s |
Lowery Stokes Sims | Studio Museum in Harlem | USA | 2000s |
Ala Story | 1907–1972 | Santa Barbara Museum of Art | USA | 1940s |
Terrie Sultan | Parrish Art Museum | USA | 2000s |
Mary Sue Sweeney | Newark Museum | USA | 1990s |
T}} Lisa M. Taylor | Cooper–Hewitt, National Design Museum | USA | 1980s |
Elsie McCabe Thompson | Museum for African Art | USA | 1990s |
Shirley Thomson | 1930–2010 | National Gallery of Canada | Canada | 1980s |
Edith Tonelli | Wight Art Gallery | 1980s |
Marcia Tucker | 1940–2006 | New Museum of Contemporary Art | USA | 1980s |
Julia Brown Turrell | Des Moines Art Center | USA | 1980s |
Barbara A. Tyler | McMichael Canadian Art Collection | Canada | 1980s |
U}} Lora Urbanelli | Montclair Art Museum | USA | 2000s |
V}} Roxana Velasquez | Museo Nacional de Arte San Diego Museum of Art | Mexico, USA | 2000s |
Olga Viso | Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden Walker Art Center | USA | 2000s |
W}} Roslyn Walker | National Museum of African Art | USA | 1990s |
Katherine J. Watson | Bowdoin College Museum of Art | USA | 1980s |
Simone Wicha | The Blanton Museum of Art | USA | 2000s |
Karol Wight | Corning Museum of Glass | USA | 2000s |
Stephanie Wiles | Allen Memorial Art Museum Herbert F. Johnson Museum | USA | 2000s |
Sylvia H. Williams | National Museum of African Art | USA | 1980s |
Beatrice Winser | Newark Museum | USA | 1920s |
Sylvia Wolf | Henry Art Gallery | USA | 2000s |
Z}} Lynn Zelevansky | Carnegie Museum of Art | USA | 2000s |
Heidi Zuckerman | Aspen Art Museum | USA | 2000s |
1. ^1 {{Cite web|url=https://www.artforum.com/app.php/news/hope-alswang-named-director-and-ceo-of-norton-museum-24913|title=Hope Alswang Named Director and CEO of Norton Museum|website=www.artforum.com|access-date=2018-03-17}}
2. ^{{Cite web|url=https://www.aamd.org/our-members/members|title=Members|website=Association of Art Museum Directors|access-date=2018-03-17}}
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4. ^{{cite web|title=Dr Maria Balshaw|url=https://www.nationalmuseums.org.uk/members/tg/|publisher=National Museum Directors' Council|accessdate=4 April 2018}}
5. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.nmajh.org/stafflist/ |title=Staff List |publisher=NMAJH |date= |accessdate=2014-05-19}}
6. ^{{cite news |author= |coauthors= |title=Historical Society Names Leader |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1992/10/02/arts/historical-society-names-leader.html |quote=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. ... |newspaper=New York Times |date=October 2, 1992 |accessdate=2014-08-08 }}
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9. ^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.
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11. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.hilbertmuseum.org|title=Hilbert Museum of California Art at Chapman University|website=Hilbert Museum}}
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14. ^{{cite web|title=Cornelia Bentley Sage Quinton Records, 1908-1930|url=http://www.albrightknox.org/research/archives-collection/cornelia-bentley-sage-quinton/|publisher=Albright-Knox Art Gallery|accessdate=21 May 2014}}
15. ^{{cite news|last=Pogrebin|first=Robin|title=It’s a Wrap: Director of Film Museum Plans to Retire|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2010/11/04/arts/design/04image.html|newspaper=The New York Times|date=November 3, 2010}}
16. ^1 2 3 {{cite news|last=Boyle|first=Katherine|title=The Directors|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/sf/style/2014/02/28/the-directors/|newspaper=The Washington Post|date=February 28, 2014|author2=O'Neal Parker, Lonnae}}
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