Katonah Museum of Art

The Katonah Museum of Art is a non-collecting institution geared towards visual arts, located in Katonah, New York. It does not have a permanent collection, but holds temporary exhibitions.^[1][3][4]

Katonah Museum of Art

Established	1953[1]
Location	Katonah, New York
Coordinates	41.2628°N 73.6733°W / 41.2628; -73.6733
Director	Michelle Yun Mapplethorpe[2]
Website	www.katonahmuseum.org

The museum was founded in 1953, in one room at the local library.^[1] In 1990 it moved to a separate building, designed by Edward Larrabee Barnes.^[3][5] The cost of the new building was $5.3 million.^[3]

In 1993 The New York Times said that the museum had 50,000 visitors a year.^[1]

The museum uses the services of volunteers.^[3][6]

Directors

At the time of moving to the new building in 1990, George G. King was the director of the museum.^[3] He was succeeded by Susan H. Edwards in 1998.^[3][6] In 2022, Michael Gitlitz was reported to have been the museum's Executive Director until 2021.^[2] Leslie Griesbach Schultz was Interim Executive Director from 2021 to 2022.^[2] Michelle Yun Mapplethorpe was appointed as Executive Director in 2022.^[2]