List of presidents of the Metropolitan Museum of Art

There have been sixteen presidents of the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Until 1978, the position was essentially a supervisory one belonging to the head of the museum's board of trustees. In 1978, following the departure of Thomas Hoving the board decided the museum had become too complex for one person to administer, and splitting the administration between the Director, who would retain curatorial oversight, and a President, who would handle administration and finance.

Image Name Term 1 John Taylor JohnstonFinding aid for the John Taylor Johnston Collection in the Metropolitan Museum of Art Archives. Retrieved 5 August 2014. 1870–1889 2 Henry Gurdon MarquandFinding aid for the Henry Gurdon Marquand Papers, 1852–1903 in the Metropolitan Museum of Art Archives. Retrieved 5 August 2014. 1889–1902 3 Frederic W. RhinelanderThe Metropolitan museum of art; a review of fifty years' development, printed on the occasion of the fiftieth anniversary of the founding of the Museum. Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY. (1920). Retrieved 5 August 2014. 1902–1904 4 John Pierpont Morgan 1904–1913 5 Robert Weeks de Forest 1913–1931 6 William Sloane Coffin, Sr. 1931–1933 7 George Blumenthal"WILLIAM CHURCH OSBORN EIGHTH PRESIDENT OF THE MUSEUM." BULLETIN OF THE METROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART. Volume 36, no. 8. August 1941. Retrieved 5 August 2014. 1933–1941 8 William Church Osborn 1941–1947 9 Roland L. Redmond 1947–1964 10 Arthur A. Houghton Jr. 1964–1970 11 C. Douglas Dillon 1970–1977 12 William B. Macomber Jr. 1978–1986 13 William H. Luers 1986–1999 14 David E. McKinneyMetropolitan Museum Announces Retirement of President David E. McKinney in January 2005; Trustees Launch Process to Choose Successor. Metropolitan Museum of Art press release, Jun. 11, 2004. Retrieved 4 August 2014. 1999–2005 15 Emily Kernan Rafferty 2005–2015 16 Daniel Weiss 2015–2023

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