ELAINE HEUMANN GURIAN

Elaine Heumann Gurian is a consultant and advisor to museums and visitor centers that are beginning, building, or reinventing themselves. She specializes in advising government museums—large and small, national and international—that are undergoing significant change. In 2004 she received the Distinguished Service to Museums Award, America's most important museum honor, presented by the American Association of Museums. In 2006 Elaine Heumann Gurian was inducted as one of the 100 Centennial Honor Roll members by the American Association of Museums.

Over the past 35 years, Elaine has served as acting director, Cranbrook Institute of Science; deputy director, United States Holocaust Memorial Museum; deputy director for public program planning, National Museum of the American Indian, Smithsonian Institution; deputy assistant secretary for museums, Smithsonian Institution; director of the Exhibit Center, Boston Children's Museum; and director of education, Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston.

Elaine’s collected writings, Civilizing the Museum, was published by Routledge in 2006, and her publications are used in many museum studies programs. In 2008 Gurian spent three months in Buenos Aires as a Fulbright Scholar creating a bilingual museum studies bibliography. She lectures and teaches nationally and internationally and has held various elected positions in the national and international museum communities.

Elaine Heumann Gurian
4834 8th Street South
Arlington, VA 22204
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