Elizabeth Broun

Elizabeth "Betsy" Broun (born December 15, 1946, in Kansas City) is an American art historian and curator. Broun served as the Margaret and Terry Stent Director of the Smithsonian American Art Museum from 1989 to 2016, and is the longest-serving female director in the history of the Smithsonian Institution.

Elizabeth Broun
Broun, standing in the Smithsonian American Art Museum courtyard, in 2016.
Born (1946-12-15) December 15, 1946
Kansas City, Missouri, United States
Occupation(s)Art historian
Curator
Academic background
Alma materUniversity of Kansas
ThesisAmerican Paintings and Sculpture in the Fine Arts Building of the World's Columbian Exposition, Chicago, 1893 (1976)
InfluencesCharles C. Eldredge
Academic work
DisciplineArt history
Sub-disciplineAmerican art
InstitutionsSpencer Museum of Art
Smithsonian American Art Museum
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