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The Timken Museum of Art preserves the Putnam Collection of European old masters, American art and Russian icons for the education and benefit of present and future generations of San Diego residents and visitors. The Museum celebrates the important role of art as a way of enriching the lives and nurturing the creative spirit in us all.
Megan Pogue is the Executive Director of the Timken Museum of Art in Balboa Park where she serves as the fourth executive director in the Museum’s 59-year history. Pogue is dedicated to the art museum’s service to the public and advancing the role of fully accessible art and education in San Diego’s civic agenda.
Since her appointment in 2015, Pogue has led the museum to embrace its founding principles of free access for all, inspiring people and connecting diverse communities through the power of art. She guides the museum’s institutional vision, its small but important collection of 90 permanent objects spanning over 500 years, including San Diego’s only Rembrandt on public display, exhibitions, educational initiatives, special events, outreach programs, external relations, administrative management and strategic planning.
Raised with three sisters and one brother in Manhattan Beach, California, by a finance executive father and an arts-loving mother who studied dance with Martha Graham and held a PhD in Theatre Arts, Pogue previously served as Senior Vice President of Business Development of San Diego Symphony for twelve years and is widely credited with reinvigorating the entire Summer Pops experience. Pogue holds a Bachelor of Science degree in business administration with a minor in music from San Diego State University, and, with more than 20 years in the nonprofit arts world, she combines her early “for-profit” experience and business acumen leading a $25 million distribution company with a lifelong passion for the arts to the benefit and sustainability of the Museum.
Today, Pogue is applying her vision and skills to the transformation of the Timken, leveraging the features that led to the Museum’s 59-year history of success while capitalizing on new opportunities to revitalize, energize and expand the small institution.