Daniel Weiss is an art historian, author, and university administrator. He currently serves as President of the Metropolitan Museum of Art.

Education

• 1979 Earned a bachelor’s degree in psychology with a concentration in art history at George Washington University
• 1982  Completed a master’s with concentrations in medieval and modern art from Johns Hopkins University
• 1985  Received an MBA from the Yale School of Management
• 1992  Returned to Hopkins to earn a PhD in history of art with concentrations in western medieval and Byzantine art and a minor in classical Greek art and architecture

Work History

• 2015–present
  President of the Metropolitan
  Museum of Art
• 2013–15
  President, Haverford College, Pennsylvania
• 2005–13
  President, Lafayette College, Pennsylvania
• 2002–05
  James B. Knapp Dean,
  Johns Hopkins University
  Krieger School of Arts and Sciences
• 2001–02
  Dean of Faculty, Johns Hopkins University
• 1992–01
  Professor and department head,
  History of Art
• 1985–89
  Senior Associate, Booz Allen Hamilton

Books

Art and Crusade in the Age of Saint Louis

The Book of Kings: Art, War, and the Morgan Library’s Medieval Picture Bible

France and the Holy Land

Remaking College

In His Own Words

“I have had a lifelong interest and involvement in this museum [the Met] as an art historian and as a professor of art history. I’ve been coming here since I was in high school and it never occurred to me I’d work here. The idea to come here and be a part of this community as my job, my first reaction was how fortunate I am.”

“I believe that effective leadership is collaborative, and that the best ideas come from sharing our ambitions in a serious and candid way so that, at the end of our process, ownership and credit are widely shared.”
Haverford magazine

“[The Met needs] to be welcoming to everyone who has an interest in art, not just scholars.” 
The New York Times