Margaret Walker Clair

Director

(202) 606-8458

Division/Office

Division of Collections & Infrastructure

Floor/Office Number

4

Biography

Margaret Walker Clair is Director of the Division of Collections & Infrastructure. She came to NEH in 2018 from Vanderbilt University, where she was the assistant curator of the Fine Arts Gallery. There she curated exhibitions on topics including First World War posters, the American etching revival, and portraits by Everett Raymond Kinstler. She holds an AB in History from Princeton University and an MSc in the History of Art, Theory and Display from the University of Edinburgh. Her research interests include the intersection of the arts and the First World War and museum history and management.