Walters Art Museum Director Julia Marciari-Alexander to Step Down

Julia Marciari-Alexander will step down as director of the Walters Art Museum after 11 years to become president of the Samuel H. Kress Foundation, the museum announced Wednesday.

Marciari-Alexander will remain with the Walters until September, and she will begin her role at Kress in fall 2024, the foundation said in a news release.

“I am thrilled to be able to bring my breadth of experience from a career spent in both the academy and museums to Kress, whose philanthropic mission is dedicated to deepening understanding of the creative past in order to expand our views of our present and future,” Marciari-Alexander said in a statement.

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