January 2009
James Steward, a skilled arts administrator and a specialist in 18th- and 19th-century European art and culture, has been selected as director of the Princeton University Art Museum.
Steward, director of the Museum of Art and a faculty member at the University of Michigan since 1998, will begin his work at Princeton in late April.
"James Steward is a distinguished scholar, a gifted manager and a proven leader in the museum world," said Princeton Provost Christopher Eisgruber, to whom he will report.
"PUAM is home to a splendid collection and a talented staff, and I am confident that James Steward's insight and skills will enable him to guide this extraordinary institution to even greater successes in the future."
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