Cincinnati Museum CEO Retires as $208 Million Renovation Begins
- December 14, 2014 17:01
Cincinnati Museum Center's 16-year leader, Doug McDonald, announced his impending retirement – as the museum undertakes a $208 million renovation.
The museum's board named Elizabeth Pierce interim CEO to begin on January 15, 2015. Pierce has served in various roles at the musuem since 2007. The board is expected to conduct a search for a replacement, though Pierce could be a top candidate.
Under McDonald’s entrepreneurial leadership, Cincinnati Museum Center has developed a nationally recognized program to pursue and host world-class exhibitions, bringing to the region: Titanic: The Artifact Exhibition; St. Peter and the Vatican; Real Pirates: The Untold Story of The Whydah from Slave Ship to Pirate Ship; BODIES…The Exhibition; Freedom’s Sisters; Dinosaurs Alive; America I Am: The African American Imprint; Cleopatra: The Search for the Last Queen of Egypt; A Day in Pompeii; Dead Sea Scrolls; Dinosaurs Unearthed; and Diana, A Celebration.
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