List of female art museum directors

This is a list of female art museum directors.

List Name Dates Museum Country Tenure Julia Alexander 1967–2025 Walters Art Museum United States 2013–2024 Hope Alswang Rhode Island School of Design Museum Norton Museum of ArtUnited States 2000s Rael Artel Tartu Art Museum Estonia 2000sLiz AndrewsSpelman College Museum of Fine ArtUnited States2021–present Jacquelynn Baas Hood Museum of Art University Art Museum, Berkeley United States 1980s and 1990s Maria Balshaw Whitworth, University of Manchester and Manchester City Galleries Tate United Kingdom 2006–20172017- Ivy Barsky National Museum of American Jewish History United States 2000sJane BledsoeGeorgia Museum of ArtUnited States1980s Jean Sutherland Boggs 1922–2014 National Gallery of Canada Canada 1960s–1970s Patricia Bovey Winnipeg Art Gallery Canada 2000s Adelyn Dohme Breeskin 1896–1986 Baltimore Museum of Art United States 1930s Elizabeth Broun born 1946 Spencer Museum of ArtSmithsonian American Art Museum United States 1982–19831989–2016 Andrea Barnwell Brownlee Spelman College Museum of Fine Art (2001–2020) Cummer Museum of Art (2020–present) United States 2001–presentJohanna BurtonMuseum of Contemporary Art, Los AngelesUnited States2022–presentConnie ButlerMoMA PS1United States2023–present Mary Schmidt Campbell born 1948 Studio Museum in Harlem United States 1980s Naomi Cass born 1957 Centre for Contemporary Photography Australia 2004–2018 Naomi Cass born 1957 Castlemaine Art Museum Australia 2008–2025Betty Churcher1931–2015National Gallery of AustraliaAustralia1990 –1997 Melissa Chiu born 1972 Asia Society United States 2000sAnnette Cone-Skeltonborn 1942Museum of Contemporary Art of GeorgiaUnited States2000–present Jo-Anne Birnie Danzker Vancouver Art Gallery Frye Art Museum Canada 1980s Barbara Knowles Debs New-York Historical Society United States 1980sLaurence des CarsLouvreFrance2021–present Rhana Devenport Govett-Brewster Art Gallery Auckland Art Gallery New Zealand 2006–2013 2013–present Anne d'Harnoncourt 1943–2008 Philadelphia Museum of Art United States 1980s Claire Doherty Arnolfini United Kingdom 2017–presentAnne EllegoodInstitute of Contemporary Art, Los AngelesUnited States2019–present Charlotte EyermanJPMorgan Chase Art Collection (2017-) Monterey Museum of Art (2013–16)

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

Gagosian Gallery, Beverly Hills (2009–2010)United States2000s Susan Fereday born 1959 Centre for Contemporary Photography Australia 1992–1995 Silvia Filippini-Fantoni born 1974 Westmoreland Museum of American Art United States 2023–present Juliana R. Force 1876–1948 Whitney Museum of American Art United States 1930s Thelma Golden born 1966 Studio Museum in Harlem United States 2000s–present Claudia Gould born 1956 Institute of Contemporary Art Jewish Museum United States 2000s Andrea Gyorody Frederick R. Weisman Museum of Art United States 2021–2025 Jenny Harper Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa Christchurch Art Gallery New Zealand 1990–1992 2006–2018 Merle Hathaway born 1944 Horsham Regional Art Gallery Australia 1997–2008 Anne Hawley Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum United States 1980s Alanna Heiss born 1943 P.S.1 now MoMA PS1 United States 1970s Karin Hindsbo born 1974 Tate Modern United Kingdom 2023–present Rebecca Alban Hoffberger American Visionary Art Museum United States 2000s Tessa Jackson born 1955 Arnolfini United Kingdom 1991–1999 Ethel Bowditch Jones 1906–1990 Fitchburg Art Museum (fmly Fitchburg Art Center) United States 1929–1933Fitchburg 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. Dorothy Kosinski The Phillips Collection United States 2000s Florence Nightingale Levy 1870–1947 Baltimore Museum of Art United States 1920s Peggy Loar Corcoran Gallery of Art United States 2000s Dorothy Mayhall 1925–1995 Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum Storm King Art Center United States 1960s–1970sElizabeth Ann MacgregorMuseum of Contemporary ArtAustralia1999–2021 Amy Meyers Yale Center for British Art United States 2002–2019 Louise Mirrer New-York Historical Society United States 2000s Lulu F. Miller 1916–1930 Muskegon Museum of Art United States 1910s Agnes Mongan 1905–1996 Harvard Art Museums United States 1940s Grace Morley 1900–1985 San Francisco Museum of Modern Art United States 1930s Frances Morris born 1959 Tate Modern United Kingdom 2016–2023 Jessica F. Nicoll Smith College Museum of Art United States 2000s Helen Ogilvie 1902–1993 Stanley Coe Gallery Australia 1949–1954 Maudie Palmer 1944–2025 Heide Museum of Modern Art Australia 1981–1996Maudie Palmer 1944–2025 TarraWarra Museum of Art Australia 1999–2009, 2011 Anne Pasternak Brooklyn Museum United States 2000s Sharon Patton born 1944 Allen Memorial Art Museum United States 2000s Ann Philbin Hammer Museum United States 1990s Lisa Phillips New Museum of Contemporary Art United States 2000s Mary Platt Hilbert Museum of California Art United States 2000s Anne Poulet The Frick Collection United States 2000s Yelena Pronicheva Tretyakov Gallery Russian Federation 2023–present Karen Quinlan Bendigo Art Gallery Australia 2000–2018 Karen Quinlan National Portrait Gallery Australia 2018–2022 Hilla von Rebay 1890–1967 Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum United States 1930sAnne-Imelda Radice born 1948 National Museum of Women in the ArtsAmerican Folk Art Museum United States 1983–19892012–2022 Suhanya Raffel M+ Hong Kong 2016–presentKatharine Lee Reid Cleveland Museum of Art United States 2000–2005Joan Rosenbaum Jewish Museum (Manhattan) United States 1980s Amy Sadao Institute of Contemporary Art, Philadelphia United States 2000s Cornelia Bentley Sage 1876 or 1880–1936 Albright-Knox Gallery United States 1910s Katrina Sedgwick Australian Centre for the Moving Image Australia 2015–present Hsio-yen Shih 1933–2001 National Gallery of Canada Canada 1970s Victoria Siddall National Portrait Gallery, London United Kingdom 2024–present Rochelle Slovin Museum of the Moving Image United States 1980s Treania Smith 1901–1990 Macquarie Galleries Australia 1938–1979 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 Susan Fisher Sterling National Museum of Women in the Arts United States 2000s Lowery Stokes Sims Studio Museum in Harlem United States 2000s Stephanie Stebich born 1966 Tacoma Art MuseumSmithsonian American Art Museum United States 2005–20172017–present Sasha Suda Philadelphia Museum Canada 2022–present Martha Tedeschi born 1958 Harvard Art Museums United States 2016–present Shirley Thomson 1930–2010 National Gallery of Canada Canada 1987–97 Zelfira Tregulova Tretyakov Gallery Russian Federation 2015–2023 Joyce Tsai The Clyfford Still Museum United States 2021–present Marcia Tucker 1940–2006 New Museum of Contemporary Art United States 1980s Olga Viso Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden Walker Art Center United States 2000s Roslyn Walker National Museum of African Art United States 1990s Zoé Whitley born 1979 Chisenhale Gallery United Kingdom 2020–present Sylvia H. Williams National Museum of African Art United States 1980s Beatrice Winser Newark Museum United States 1920s Heidi Zuckerman Aspen Art MuseumOrange County Museum of Art United States 2005–20192021–present

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