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Francis Henry Taylor
Born1903
Died1957
NationalityAmerican

Francis Henry Taylor (1903–1957) was a distinguished American museum director and curator, who served as the director of the Metropolitan Museum of Art for fifteen years.

He was born in Philadelphia, and started his career as a curator at the Philadelphia Museum of Art. In 1931 he became director of the Worcester Art Museum Massachusetts, before joining the Metropolitan Museum in New York City as its director in 1940.

Taylor was elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 1939 and the American Philosophical Society in 1946.[1][2]

Sometimes described as a showman, he developed a theory of the museum as an institution of active public service, not simply a repository of art. He was credited with doubling the number of people visiting the museum, up to 2.3 million a year.[3]

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  1. ^ "Francis Henry Taylor". American Academy of Arts & Sciences. Retrieved March 22, 2023.
  • ^ "APS Member History". search.amphilsoc.org. Retrieved March 22, 2023.
  • ^ "Custodian of the Attic", Time, December 29, 1952. Retrieved October 13, 2006.
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    Preceded by

    Herbert Winlock


    Director of the Metropolitan Museum of Art

    1940–1955
    Succeeded by

    James Rorimer


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