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[NEWS] One of the U.S.’s Oldest Museums Hires Lynda Roscoe Hartigan As Its First Female Director
April 23, 2021
Lynda Roscoe Hartigan. Photo: ALEX PAUL/COURTESY PEABODY ESSEX MUSEUM
The Peabody Essex Museum in Salem, Massachusetts, one of the oldest institutions in the U.S., has its first female director in its 221-year history.
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The Peabody Essex Museum (PEM) today announced that Lynda Roscoe Hartigan will become PEM’s next Rose-Marie and Eijk van Otterloo Executive Director and CEO. Hartigan will assume her role on August 23, 2021 and become the first female director of the nation’s oldest continuously operating museum. Currently the deputy director for collections and research and chief innovation officer at the Royal Ontario Museum in Toronto, the appointment marks a homecoming for Hartigan, who has formerly served in senior roles at the Peabody Essex Museum.
“We are thrilled to have Lynda at the helm, leading PEM boldly into the future,” said Stuart W. Pratt, Chair of PEM’s Board of Trustees. “As the Museum emerges from the pandemic and what has been the most extraordinary chapter in its 221-year history, Lynda’s leadership will provide a collaborative, confident spirit and an expansive vision for our staff, supporters, and community at large.”
The granite facade of the PEM's new wing (on the right) stands beside the museum's historic East India Marine Hall.
Photo: Robin Lubbock/WBUR
Appointed as PEM’s first Chief Curator in 2003 and rising to Deputy Director in 2016, Hartigan led an ambitious, award-winning curatorial and exhibition program and reimagined the museum’s exhibition, publishing, and collection strategies. She oversaw the interpretation and reinstallation of PEM’s 40,000-square-foot wing that opened in 2019 and was integral to developing and advancing the museum’s collection stewardship, fundraising, education, digital, and global leadership initiatives. Hartigan is an expert on artist Joseph Cornell, and in 2006, she organized a survey devoted to him that appeared at the Peabody Essex Museum, the Smithsonian American Art Museum, and the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art.
Incoming Peabody Essex Museum director Lynda Roscoe Hartigan with curator Dan Finamorne in a museum gallery in 2019.
Photo: DAVID L RYAN/GLOBE STAFF/FILE
“This is a pivotal moment for museums to stimulate conversation and connection with empathy and courage,” Hartigan said in a statement. “I am passionate about ensuring that PEM welcomes all people to explore our shared humanity through the power of the arts and cultural expression.”
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