The Art Newspaper: More US museums need directors than ever before

The Art Newspaper: More US museums need directors than ever before: "More US museums need directors than ever before

Fundraising skills essential

By Jason Edward Kaufman | Posted 02 August 2007

NEW YORK. There are currently over two dozen major US museums looking for new directors, more than at any time in the past 20 years. Museum professionals think that the number of posts may be difficult to fill especially as fundraising has become such an essential part of the job.

The majority of the vacancies are in the Midwest, including the Museum of Contemporary Art in Chicago, the Milwaukee Art Museum, the Minneapolis Institute of Arts and the Walker Art Center. The Kimbell Art Museum, the Contemporary Arts Museum Houston, the Blanton Museum of Art, and the Nasher Sculpture Center, all in Texas, are looking for directors."