Sara C. Smith
Director of Collections
Sara C. Smith came to The Leiden Collection in early 2011 as a registrar and was named Director of Collections in 2016. She is responsible for the registration, loan and exhibition logistics, and overseeing the preventive conservation care of the Collection. Sara received her Bachelor of Arts degree in Art History from Marymount Manhattan College in 2006 and a certificate in Art Collection Management and Display from New York University School for Professional Studies in spring of 2017. Most recently in 2023, she was awarded a Master of Arts with distinction in the study of Preventive Conservation from Northumbria University. Sara is a current member of the Association of Registrars and Collection Specialists and the American Institute for Conservation and the Foundation for Advancement in Conservation.