MUSEUMS IN AMERICA

Rockefeller College Tuesday Policy Lunch Series

October 21
12:15 – 1:30 p.m.
Levitt Room, Milne Hall, Downtown Campus, University at Albany

MUSEUMS IN AMERICA: REALITIES AND CHALLENGES IN THE 21ST CENTURY

Christine Miles, Director of the Albany Institute of History & Art


Christine Miles has served as director of the Albany Institute of History & Art since 1986. The museum collects, preserves, and interprets the art, culture, and history of Albany and the Upper Hudson Valley region in a global context from the 17th century to the present.

Miles has focused on making the museum, one of the oldest in the country, a broadly accessible cultural and educational resource. She oversaw a massive three-year construction and renovation project that expanded and upgraded facilities. In just the last 10 years, the Albany Institute has featured more than 150 exhibitions and offered thousands of education programs.

Miles previously worked at a number of museums in New York City and Washington, DC, including: South StreetSeaport Museum, Whitney Museum of American Art, and the Octagon of the American Institute of Architects Foundation. She earned a bachelor’s degree in art history from Boston University and a master’s degree in American culture and museum studies from George Washington University. She is also a graduate of the Getty Foundation’s Museum Management Institute at the University of California at Berkeley.