List of female art museum directors

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This is a list of notable female art museum directors.

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NameDatesMuseumCountryTenure
Hope Alswang Rhode Island School of Design Museum [1]

Norton Museum of Art [1] [2]

United States2000s
Rael Artel Tartu Art Museum [3] Estonia2000s
Liz Andrews Spelman College Museum of Fine Art United States2021–present
Jacquelynn Baas Hood Museum of Art
University Art Museum, Berkeley
United States1980s and 1990s
Maria Balshaw Whitworth, University of Manchester and Manchester City Galleries
Tate
United Kingdom2006-2017
2017- [4]
Ivy Barsky National Museum of American Jewish History [5] United States2000s
Jane Bledsoe Georgia Museum of Art United States1980s
Jean Sutherland Boggs 1922–2014 National Gallery of Canada Canada1960s–1970s
Patricia Bovey Winnipeg Art Gallery Canada2000s
Adelyn Dohme Breeskin 1896–1986 Baltimore Museum of Art United States1930s
Elizabeth Broun born 1946 Spencer Museum of Art
Smithsonian American Art Museum
United States1982–1983
1989–2016
Andrea Barnwell Brownlee Spelman College Museum of Fine Art (2001–2020)

Cummer Museum of Art (2020–present)

United States2001–present
Mary Schmidt Campbell born 1948 Studio Museum in Harlem United States1980s
Melissa Chiu born 1972 Asia Society United States2000s
Annette Cone-Skelton born 1942 Museum of Contemporary Art of Georgia United States2000–present
Jo-Anne Birnie Danzker Vancouver Art Gallery
Frye Art Museum
Canada1980s
Barbara Knowles Debs New-York Historical Society [6] United States1980s
Rhana Devenport Govett-Brewster Art Gallery
Auckland Art Gallery
New Zealand2006–2013
2013–present
Anne d'Harnoncourt 1943–2008 Philadelphia Museum of Art United States1980s
Claire Doherty Arnolfini United Kingdom2017–present
Charlotte Eyerman JPMorgan Chase Art Collection [7] (2017-)

Monterey Museum of Art [8] (2013–16)

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

Gagosian Gallery, Beverly Hills (2009–2010)

United States2000s
Juliana R. Force 1876–1948 Whitney Museum of American Art United States1930s
Courtney Gardner born 1967 Pearl Fincher Museum of Fine Arts
Peninsula Fine Arts Center
United States2000s
Thelma Golden born 1966 Studio Museum in Harlem United States2000s
Claudia Gould born 1956 Institute of Contemporary Art
Jewish Museum
United States2000s
Jenny Harper Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa
Christchurch Art Gallery
New Zealand1990–1992
2006–2018
Anne Hawley Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum United States1980s
Alanna Heiss born 1943P.S.1 now MoMA PS1 United States1970s
Rebecca Alban Hoffberger American Visionary Art Museum United States2000s
Tessa Jackson born 1955 Arnolfini United Kingdom1991-1999
Ethel Bowditch Jones1906–1990 Fitchburg Art Museum (fmly Fitchburg Art Center)United States1929-1933 [9]
Dorothy Kosinski The Phillips Collection United States2000s
Florence Nightingale Levy 1870–1947 Baltimore Museum of Art United States1920s
Peggy Loar Corcoran Gallery of Art [10] United States2000s


Julia Marciari-Alexander born 1967 Walters Art Museum United States2013–present
Dorothy Mayhall 1925–1995 Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum
Storm King Art Center
United States1960s–1970s
Amy Meyers Yale Center for British Art United States2002-2019
Louise Mirrer New-York Historical Society United States2000s
Lulu F. Miller1916–1930 Muskegon Museum of Art [11] United States1910s
Agnes Mongan 1905–1996 Harvard Art Museums United States1940s
Grace Morley 1900–1985 San Francisco Museum of Modern Art United States1930s
Frances Morris born 1959 Tate Modern United Kingdom2016–present
Jessica F. Nicoll Smith College Museum of Art United States2000s
Anne Pasternak Brooklyn Museum United States2000s
Sharon Patton born 1944 Allen Memorial Art Museum United States2000s
Ann Philbin Hammer Museum United States1990s
Lisa Phillips New Museum of Contemporary Art United States2000s
Mary Platt Hilbert Museum of California Art [12] United States2000s
Anne Poulet The Frick Collection United States2000s
Yelena Pronicheva Tretyakov Gallery Russian Federation2023–present
Hilla von Rebay 1890–1967 Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum United States1930s
Anne-Imelda Radice born 1948 National Museum of Women in the Arts
American Folk Art Museum
United States1983–1989
2012–2022
Katharine Lee Reid Cleveland Museum of Art United States2000–2005
Joan Rosenbaum Jewish Museum (Manhattan) United States1980s
Amy Sadao Institute of Contemporary Art, Philadelphia [13] United States2000s
Cornelia Bentley Sage 1876 or 1880–1936 Albright-Knox Gallery [14] United States1910s
Katrina Sedgwick Australian Centre for the Moving Image Australia2015–present
Hsio-yen Shih 1933–2001 National Gallery of Canada Canada1970s
Rochelle Slovin Museum of the Moving Image [15] United States1980s
Cheryll Sotheran Govett-Brewster Art Gallery
Dunedin Public Art Gallery
Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa
New Zealand1986–1989
1989–1992
1992–2002
Susan Fisher Sterling National Museum of Women in the Arts [10] United States2000s
Lowery Stokes Sims Studio Museum in Harlem United States2000s
Stephanie Stebich born 1966 Tacoma Art Museum
Smithsonian American Art Museum
United States2005–2017
2017–present
Martha Tedeschi born 1958 Harvard Art Museums United States2016–present
Shirley Thomson 1930–2010 National Gallery of Canada Canada1987–97 [16]
Marcia Tucker 1940–2006 New Museum of Contemporary Art United States1980s
Olga Viso Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden
Walker Art Center
United States2000s
Roslyn Walker National Museum of African Art United States1990s
Zoé Whitley born 1979 Chisenhale Gallery United Kingdom2020–present
Sylvia H. Williams National Museum of African Art United States1980s
Beatrice Winser Newark Museum United States1920s
Heidi Zuckerman Aspen Art Museum
Orange County Museum of Art
United States2005–2019
2021–present
Zelfira Tregulova Tretyakov Gallery Russian Federation2015–2023
Joyce Tsai, PhD [17] The Clyfford Still Museum United States2021–present

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