Peabody Essex Museum Director Steps Down to Lead Smithsonian American Art Museum

Peabody Essex Museum director steps down to lead Smithsonian American Art Museum

Lynda Roscoe Hartigan is leaving her position at the Salem museum to return to Washington, D.C., where she started her career.

Marblehead’s Hartigan named Smithsonian Art Museum director

MARBLEHEAD — For Lynda Roscoe Hartigan, departing the Peabody Essex Museum for one of the most prestigious positions in the museum world is both bittersweet and exciting. Hartigan, a Marblehead resident and the executive director and CEO of the Peabody Essex Museum, has been named the Margaret and Terry Stent Director of the Smithsonian American […]

‘Full circle moment’ as Lynda Hartigan heads to the Smithsonian - Marblehead Weekly News

For Lynda Roscoe Hartigan, departing the Peabody Essex Museum for one of the most prestigious positions in the museum world is both bittersweet and exciting. Hartigan, a Marblehead resident and the executive director and CEO of the Peabody Essex Museum, has been named the Margaret and Terry Stent Director of the Smithsonian American Art Museum, […] The post ‘Full circle moment’ as Lynda Hartigan heads to the Smithsonian appeared first on Marbleh…

Lynda Roscoe Hartigan named director of the Smithsonian American Art Museum

Photo: Alex Paul. Courtesy Peabody Essex Museum, Salem Lynda Roscoe Hartigan has been named the Margaret and Terry Stent Director of the Smithsonian American Art Museum (SAAM), Washington DC, the Smithsonian has announced. She will take over from Jane Carpenter-Rock who has served as acting director since September 2024. Roscoe Hartigan will start her new role on 8 September. Previously, Lynda Roscoe Hartigan was chief curator at the Smithsonian…

Lynda Roscoe Hartigan Named Director of Smithsonian American Art Museum

Lynda Roscoe Hartigan, a onetime chief curator of the Smithsonian American Art Museum (SAAM), will return to the Washington, DC, institution as its director. Hartigan is currently executive director and CEO of the Peabody Essex Museum in Salem, Massachusetts. She will begin her new role September 8. Hartigan succeeds Jane Carpenter-Rock, who took over as […]

Smithsonian Taps Peabody Essex’s Lynda Roscoe Hartigan to Lead American Art Museum, a Target of Trump Administration

The Smithsonian on Tuesday named Lynda Roscoe Hartigan, currently the executive director and CEO of the Peabody Essex Museum in Salem, Massachusetts, as the next Margaret and Terry Stent Director of the Smithsonian American Art Museum (SAAM). She begins September 8. Hartigan succeeds Jane Carpenter-Rock, who has led SAAM on an interim basis since September 2024, when Stephanie Stebich was removed as director and reassigned to an advisory role …