Thomas Campbell

Born in Singapore and raised in Cambridge, England, Thomas P. Campbell is the director of the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City, where he has overseen the openings of new galleries for Islamic and American art, as well as renovation plans for the Costume Institute. Among his priorities are exploring the use of technology in the museum and integrating education into all of the Met's activities. Campbell joined the museum in 1995 as an Assistant Curator and was promoted to associate curator and curator before being named director. Updated July 2015