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
Liz Andrews Spelman College Museum of Fine Art United States 2021–present
Jacquelynn BaasHood Museum of Art
University Art Museum, Berkeley		United States1980s and 1990s
Maria BalshawWhitworth, University of Manchester and Manchester City Galleries
Tate		United Kingdom2006-2017
2017-[4]
Ivy BarskyNational Museum of American Jewish History[5]United States2000s
Jane Bledsoe Georgia Museum of Art United States 1980s
Jean Sutherland Boggs1922–2014National Gallery of CanadaCanada1960s–1970s
Patricia BoveyWinnipeg Art GalleryCanada2000s
Adelyn Dohme Breeskin1896–1986Baltimore Museum of ArtUnited States1930s
Elizabeth Brounborn 1946Spencer Museum of Art
Smithsonian American Art Museum		United States1982–1983
1989–2016
Andrea Barnwell BrownleeSpelman College Museum of Fine Art (2001–2020)

Cummer Museum of Art (2020–present)

 United States2001–present
Mary Schmidt Campbellborn 1948Studio Museum in HarlemUnited States1980s
Melissa Chiuborn 1972Asia SocietyUnited States2000s
Annette Cone-Skelton born 1942 Museum of Contemporary Art of Georgia United States 2000–present
Jo-Anne Birnie DanzkerVancouver Art Gallery
Frye Art Museum		Canada1980s
Barbara Knowles DebsNew-York Historical Society[6]United States1980s
Rhana DevenportGovett-Brewster Art Gallery
Auckland Art Gallery		New Zealand2006–2013
2013–present
Anne d'Harnoncourt1943–2008Philadelphia Museum of ArtUnited States1980s
Claire DohertyArnolfiniUnited 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 States 2000s
Juliana R. Force1876–1948Whitney Museum of American ArtUnited States1930s
Courtney Gardnerborn 1967Pearl Fincher Museum of Fine Arts
Peninsula Fine Arts Center		United States2000s
Thelma Goldenborn 1966Studio Museum in HarlemUnited States2000s
Claudia Gouldborn 1956Institute of Contemporary Art
Jewish Museum		United States2000s
Jenny HarperMuseum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa
Christchurch Art Gallery		New Zealand1990–1992
2006–2018
Anne HawleyIsabella Stewart Gardner MuseumUnited States1980s
Alanna Heissborn 1943P.S.1 now MoMA PS1United States1970s
Rebecca Alban HoffbergerAmerican Visionary Art MuseumUnited States2000s
Tessa Jacksonborn 1955ArnolfiniUnited Kingdom1991-1999
Ethel Bowditch Jones1906–1990Fitchburg Art Museum (fmly Fitchburg Art Center)United States1929-1933[9]
Dorothy KosinskiThe Phillips CollectionUnited States2000s
Florence Nightingale Levy1870–1947Baltimore Museum of ArtUnited States1920s
Peggy LoarCorcoran Gallery of Art[10]United States2000s


Julia Marciari-Alexanderborn 1967Walters Art MuseumUnited States2013–present
Dorothy Mayhall1925–1995Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum
Storm King Art Center		United States1960s–1970s
Amy MeyersYale Center for British ArtUnited States2002-2019
Louise MirrerNew-York Historical SocietyUnited States2000s
Lulu F. Miller1916–1930Muskegon Museum of Art[11]United States1910s
Agnes Mongan1905–1996Harvard Art MuseumsUnited States1940s
Grace Morley1900–1985San Francisco Museum of Modern ArtUnited States1930s
Frances Morrisborn 1959Tate ModernUnited Kingdom2016–present
Jessica F. NicollSmith College Museum of ArtUnited States2000s
Anne PasternakBrooklyn MuseumUnited States2000s
Sharon Pattonborn 1944Allen Memorial Art MuseumUnited States2000s
Ann PhilbinHammer MuseumUnited States1990s
Lisa PhillipsNew Museum of Contemporary ArtUnited States2000s
Mary PlattHilbert Museum of California Art[12]United States2000s
Anne PouletThe Frick CollectionUnited States2000s
Yelena PronichevaTretyakov GalleryRussian Federation2023–present
Hilla von Rebay1890–1967Solomon R. Guggenheim MuseumUnited States1930s
Anne-Imelda Radiceborn 1948National Museum of Women in the Arts
American Folk Art Museum		United States1983–1989
2012–2022
Katharine Lee ReidCleveland Museum of ArtUnited States2000–2005
Joan RosenbaumJewish Museum (Manhattan)United States1980s
Amy SadaoInstitute of Contemporary Art, Philadelphia[13]United States2000s
Cornelia Bentley Sage1876 or 1880–1936Albright-Knox Gallery[14]United States1910s
Katrina SedgwickAustralian Centre for the Moving ImageAustralia2015–present
Hsio-yen Shih1933–2001National Gallery of CanadaCanada1970s
Rochelle SlovinMuseum of the Moving Image[15]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
Susan Fisher SterlingNational Museum of Women in the Arts[10]United States2000s
Lowery Stokes SimsStudio Museum in HarlemUnited States2000s
Stephanie Stebichborn 1966Tacoma Art Museum
Smithsonian American Art Museum		United States2005–2017
2017–present
Martha Tedeschiborn 1958Harvard Art MuseumsUnited States2016–present
Shirley Thomson1930–2010National Gallery of CanadaCanada1987–97[16]
Marcia Tucker1940–2006New Museum of Contemporary ArtUnited States1980s
Olga VisoHirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden
Walker Art Center		United States2000s
Roslyn WalkerNational Museum of African ArtUnited States1990s
Zoé Whitleyborn 1979Chisenhale GalleryUnited Kingdom2020–present
Sylvia H. WilliamsNational Museum of African ArtUnited States1980s
Beatrice WinserNewark MuseumUnited States1920s
Heidi ZuckermanAspen Art Museum
Orange County Museum of Art		United States2005–2019
2021–present
Zelfira TregulovaTretyakov GalleryRussian Federation2015–2023
Joyce Tsai, PhD[17] The Clyfford Still Museum United States 2021–present

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