This is a list of notable female art museum directors.
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| Name | Dates | Museum | Country | Tenure |
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| Hope Alswang | Rhode Island School of Design Museum[1] | United States | 2000s | |
| Rael Artel | Tartu Art Museum[3] | Estonia | 2000s | |
| Liz Andrews | Spelman College Museum of Fine Art | United States | 2021–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 | 2006-2017 2017-[4] | |
| Ivy Barsky | National Museum of American Jewish History[5] | United States | 2000s | |
| Jane Bledsoe | Georgia Museum of Art | United States | 1980s | |
| 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 Art Smithsonian American Art Museum | United States | 1982–1983 1989–2016 |
| Andrea Barnwell Brownlee | Spelman College Museum of Fine Art (2001–2020)
Cummer Museum of Art (2020–present) |
United States | 2001–present | |
| Mary Schmidt Campbell | born 1948 | Studio Museum in Harlem | United States | 1980s |
| Melissa Chiu | born 1972 | Asia Society | United States | 2000s |
| Annette Cone-Skelton | born 1942 | Museum of Contemporary Art of Georgia | United States | 2000–present |
| Jo-Anne Birnie Danzker | Vancouver Art Gallery Frye Art Museum | Canada | 1980s | |
| Barbara Knowles Debs | New-York Historical Society[6] | United States | 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 | United States | 1980s |
| Claire Doherty | Arnolfini | United Kingdom | 2017–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. Force | 1876–1948 | Whitney Museum of American Art | United States | 1930s |
| Thelma Golden | born 1966 | Studio Museum in Harlem | United States | 2000s |
| Claudia Gould | born 1956 | Institute of Contemporary Art Jewish Museum | United States | 2000s |
| Jenny Harper | Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa Christchurch Art Gallery | New Zealand | 1990–1992 2006–2018 | |
| Anne Hawley | Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum | United States | 1980s | |
| Alanna Heiss | born 1943 | P.S.1 now MoMA PS1 | United States | 1970s |
| 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 | 1929-1933[9] |
| 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[10] | United States | 2000s | |
| Julia Marciari-Alexander | born 1967 | Walters Art Museum | United States | 2013–present |
| Dorothy Mayhall | 1925–1995 | Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum Storm King Art Center | United States | 1960s–1970s |
| Amy Meyers | Yale Center for British Art | United States | 2000s | |
| Louise Mirrer | New-York Historical Society | United States | 2000s | |
| Lulu F. Miller | 1916–1930 | Muskegon Museum of Art[11] | 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–present |
| Jessica F. Nicoll | Smith College Museum of Art | United States | 2000s | |
| 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[12] | United States | 2000s | |
| Anne Poulet | The Frick Collection | United States | 2000s | |
| Hilla von Rebay | 1890–1967 | Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum | United States | 1930s |
| Anne-Imelda Radice | born 1948 | National Museum of Women in the Arts American Folk Art Museum | United States | 1983–1989 2012–2022 |
| Katharine Lee Reid | Cleveland Museum of Art | United States | 2000–2005 | |
| Joan Rosenbaum | Jewish Museum (Manhattan) | United States | 1980s | |
| Amy Sadao | Institute of Contemporary Art, Philadelphia[13] | United States | 2000s | |
| Cornelia Bentley Sage | 1876 or 1880–1936 | Albright-Knox Gallery[14] | 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 |
| Rochelle Slovin | Museum of the Moving Image[15] | United States | 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 | |
| Susan Fisher Sterling | National Museum of Women in the Arts[10] | United States | 2000s | |
| Lowery Stokes Sims | Studio Museum in Harlem | United States | 2000s | |
| Stephanie Stebich | born 1966 | Tacoma Art Museum Smithsonian American Art Museum | United States | 2005–2017 2017–present |
| Martha Tedeschi | born 1958 | Harvard Art Museums | United States | 2016–present |
| Shirley Thomson | 1930–2010 | National Gallery of Canada | Canada | 1987–97[16] |
| 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 Museum Orange County Museum of Art | United States | 2005–2019 2021–present | |
| Zelfira Tregulova | Tretyakov Gallery | Russian Federation | 2015–present | |
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. ...