Marc Pachter (born 1942 or 1943)
is an American museum director who headed up the United States
National Portrait Gallery from 2000 until 2007 and was the acting director (after coming back out of retirement) of the
National Museum of American History between 2011 and 2012, both at the
Smithsonian.
While at the NPG Pachter played an instrumental role in acquiring the
Lansdowne portrait
The Lansdowne portrait is an iconic life-size portrait of George Washington painted by Gilbert Stuart in 1796. It depicts the 64-year-old President of the United States during his final year in office. The portrait was a gift to former British Pri ...
for the museum.
When he retired as director of the National Portrait Gallery in 2007, in turn the Gallery commissioned a portrait by
Robert Liberace of him.
Pachter gave a talk entitled "The Art of the Interview" at the EG conference in January 2008; a video of the talk is posted on the
TED website.
In February 2008, Pachter was a guest on the
Colbert Report
''The Colbert Report'' ( ) is an American late-night talk and news satire television program hosted by Stephen Colbert that aired four days a week on Comedy Central from October 17, 2005, to December 18, 2014, for 1,447 episodes. The show foc ...
in which he discussed with
Stephen Colbert
Stephen Tyrone Colbert ( ; born May 13, 1964) is an American comedian, writer, producer, political commentator, actor, and television host. He is best known for hosting the satirical Comedy Central program '' The Colbert Report'' from 2005 ...
, the host's portrait hanging in the National Portrait Gallery and the effect it was having upon attendance at the museum.
References
External links
Video of Pachter's EG2008 talk from the TED website*
Directors of museums in the United States
Living people
1940s births
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