Developing: Adirondack Museum changes leadership

Two sources tell NCPR that Adirondack Museum executive director Caroline Welsh is stepping aside as head of the Blue Mountain Lake landmark.

Welsh, who couldn’t be reached for comment today, will be replaced in the interim by Mike Lombardi while a national search is made for a permanent director.

Welsh joined the museum in 1986 and has led the institution since March 2007.

She made a number of key decisions during her tenure, including the scrapping of a new Lake Placid branch museum, and closure of a Lake Placid retail outlet.

(Below you will find more of Welsh’s resume from the Adirondack Museum website.)

There’s no word yet on why the Museum is making the change.  NCPR will update this story as more information becomes available.

From the Adirondack Museum website:

Since coming to the museum in 1986, Caroline Welsh has been involved in nearly every aspect of operations. As Chief Curator she has been responsible for the administration, management, long-range planning, research, preservation and interpretation of the museum’s extensive collections with primary responsibility for the art and decorative arts collections. She has also during her tenure overseen museum publications; exhibit planning and development; education programs and the library; and the maintenance and operation for the physical plant including the grounds. As Director of Operations from 1994 through 2005, she played a leadership role in the design and implementation of three major additions to the museum campus – the Visitor Center, the Mark W. Potter Education Center, and the Collections Storage and Study Center – as well as the planning and oversight of numerous other capital improvements to the physical plant.

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