Leah Lehmbeck, Ph.D.
Museum Curator
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- What I Do
- What Curators Do
- Typical Day
- Specializing in 19th Century Paintings & Sculptures
- LACMA
- An Encyclopedic Institution
- Great Part
- Why Girls Should Consider a Career as a Curator
- Art Courier Trips
- Why a Curator
- Insider Tips for Visiting a Museum
- My Favorite Project
- Challenges
- How Artwork Get Selected for an Exhibition
- Why Art Curators Need Math
- Upcoming Projects
- Education
- Favorites
- Helpful Teachers
- Skills From Childhood
- Skills to Develop
- Overcoming Obstacles
- Did It Anyway
- Advice
Bio
Watch Leah Lehmbeck, Ph.D., Curator of European Paintings and Sculpture for Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA), share how she loves telling stories through exhibitions with paintings and objects. In addition to getting to work all day around beautiful art objects, a cool bonus of her career is getting to travel on art courier trips where she accompanies and looks after art traveling to exhibitions around the world. Her advice to girls is to do your work, work hard, and take the time to do it well. This will set you apart.
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