Joan Rosenbaum, who has led the Jewish Museum since 1981, will step down as director at the end of June, the museum plans to announce on Wednesday.
“Thirty years is a very good run,” Ms. Rosenbaum, 67, said in an interview. “The museum is well-positioned now to take on the next stage of its life.” The board of the museum, which is on Fifth Avenue at 92nd Street, has formed a search committee to find a successor. Under Ms. Rosenbaum the museum’s collection has grown to 26,000 objects, its endowment to more than $92 million and its annual operating budget to $15 million from $1 million in 1981.
“Joan Rosenbaum is the most influential leader this institution has had in its 106-year history,” Joshua Nash, the museum’s chairman, said in a statement. “She has served longer than any other director and has shaped the museum more than any other individual.”
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