Glenbow
Nicholas R. Bell has a strong background in museum work, with their most recent position being President and CEO of the Glenbow Museum since November 2019. Prior to that, they served as the Senior Vice President for Curatorial Affairs at the Mystic Seaport Museum from June 2016 to October 2019. Before that, they held various roles at the Smithsonian American Art Museum, including The Fleur and Charles Bresler Curator-in-Charge from October 2015 to May 2016, The Fleur and Charles Bresler Senior Curator of American Craft and Decorative Art from September 2011 to September 2015, Curator of the Renwick Gallery from June 2009 to September 2011, and Curatorial Associate from June 2008 to June 2009.
Nicholas R. Bell received their Bachelor of Arts degree in Political Science from Simon Fraser University in 2005. Nicholas R. went on to complete their Master of Arts degree in Winterthur Program in American Material Culture from the University of Delaware in 2008.
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Glenbow
At Glenbow, art lovers, history buffs and pop culture fanatics can all find something inspiring. You can spend an hour or a whole day exploring stories of local history and culture or discovering art from around the world. With over 250,000 items in our collection, Glenbow is one of the largest museums in Western Canada. Glenbow is a public art museum that: • Acquires and exhibits remarkable collections of art and artifacts • Presents important national and international art exhibitions • Provides impactful art and culture learning opportunities • Engages our diverse communities with meaningful and memorable experiences Glenbow creates cultural prosperity and community vitality for generations of Albertans. In 1966, Eric Lafferty Harvie made a transformative donation to the province when he gave his vast collection of art, artifacts and historical documents to the people of Alberta, along with an endowment to form Glenbow Museum. Glenbow was created to promote and encourage the acquisition and diffusion of knowledge of the human race, its arts, its history and the nature of the world in which it lives. This big idea has guided the museum for over 50 years and continues to inform Glenbow’s future.