Ellen Goheen Files

For over thirty years, Ellen Goheen worked in various capacities at the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art. Her association with the Museum began in 1967 when she became the Assistant to the Curator of Paintings and Sculpture. A few years later, Goheen was appointed Assistant Curator of Art History Programs. In 1973, she became the Associate Curator of Painting and Sculpture, and two years after that she was promoted to Curator of Twentieth Century Art. Goheen left this position in February 1981, but that August she returned to work on a part-time basis as Senior Lecturer and Coordinator of Adult Programming. At the end of 1982, she resigned from this position. In the mid-1980s, her services were retained on a long-term basis to serve as Coordinator of the Thomas Hart Benton Centennial Exhibition and to edit the book The Collections of the Nelson-Atkins of Museum of Art. Goheen was named the Administrator of Collections Management and Special Exhibition in September 1989. She held the position until May 1999, when she officially ended her lengthy involvement with the Museum.