Winterthur Museum Transformations Exhibition View, 2022. Artwork by Deirdre Murphy. Photo courtesy of the Winterthur Museum, Garden & Library.
December 7, 2022
Amie Potsic interviews Kim Collison, Curator of Exhibitions at Winterthur Museum, Garden and Library.
Kim Collison is the Curator of Exhibitions at Winterthur Museum, Garden and Library. In her time at Winterthur, she has worked in both collections planning and exhibitions and has led the organization of exhibitions and gallery rotations for the past six years. Most recently, she has overseen the development and installation of Jacqueline Kennedy and H. F. du Pont: From Winterthur to the White House. In 2021, she led a team of Winterthur staff in the creation of its 70th-anniversary installation, Outside In: Nature-inspired Design at Winterthur, which will serve as an introductory gallery for the next several years. Other recent projects include a significant re-interpretation of Winterthur’s permanent galleries with the Re-Vision 20/20: Through a Woman’s Lens and Bearing Witness, as well as a re-interpretation of the Dominy gallery, now entitled With Hammer in Hand: The Story of American Craft. She co-curated the 2019 exhibition Costuming THE CROWN with Winterthur’s former estate historian, Jeff Groff, and then-director of collections, Linda Eaton. In 2017, she curated Royal Splendor: The Coronation Gown from THE CROWN. Prior to coming to Winterthur, she worked in member engagement at the Decorative Arts Trust. She began her career as a high school English teacher and while teaching earned her master’s degree in English and Publishing from Rosemont College.
About the Winterthur Museum, Garden & Library
Winterthur is the premier museum of American decorative arts, with an unparalleled collection of nearly 90,000 objects made or used in America since 1640. The collection is displayed in the magnificent 175-room house, much as it was when the family of founder Henry Francis du Pont called it home.
Winterthur also has 1,000 acres of protected meadows, woodlands, ponds, and waterways. The 60-acre garden, designed by du Pont, is among America’s best, with magnificent plantings and massive displays of color throughout the year. The graduate degree programs and extensive research library make Winterthur an important center for the study of American art and culture.
Winterthur Museum Transformations Exhibition View, 2022. Artwork by Deirdre Murphy. Photo courtesy of the Winterthur Museum, Garden & Library.
About the Exhibition
Transformations brings the work of contemporary artists and makers into the galleries and garden at Winterthur. Highlighting artistic expressions created by Winterthur Fellows, these installations celebrate the continuing inspiration provided by Winterthur’s museum, garden, and library collections.
Explore the works of these artists and makers and discover how Winterthur’s landscape and material culture moved them to transform their impressions of the past into artistic and experiential representations that comment on the present.
Click here to learn more about the Winterthur Museum, Garden & Library.
Banner Image: Outside In: Nature-inspired Design at the Winterthur.
Photo courtesy of the Winterthur Museum, Garden & Library.