Anne-Marie Eze

As Director of Public Programs at Harvard Library, I lead a new department that creates opportunities for the Harvard community and the public to engage with the Library’s collections, expertise, and spaces. My team is developing a centralized exhibitions and loans program for Harvard Library, as well as the Harvard Library Discovery Center in Widener Library, envisioned as a welcoming “front door” to the Library system.

My current role is the culmination of more than two decades working at the intersection of special collections and academic libraries, and art museums in the United Kingdom and the United States. I have been at Harvard Library since 2016, progressing through leadership roles at Houghton Library, most recently as Associate Librarian for Collections and Programs. Earlier, I held curatorial and librarian positions at the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum in Boston, the British Library, the Victoria and Albert Museum, and Trinity College Library at the University of Cambridge. I hold a PhD in History of Art from the Courtauld Institute of Art, as well as degrees in Classics, and Library and Information Studies from University College London.