BRUNSWICK

Frank H. Goodyear III and Anne Collins Goodyear have been named co-directors of the Bowdoin College Museum of Art.

Frank Goodyear currently serves as curator of photographs at the Smithsonian Institution’s National Portrait Gallery in Washington, D.C. Anne Collins Goodyear serves as associate curator of prints and drawings at the National Portrait Gallery. She is also president of the College Art Association. The couple was married in June 2000.

“Both have enjoyed distinguished careers as curators,” Bowdoin College Dean for Academic Affairs Cristle Collins Judd said in making the announcement, “and their complementary expertise and unique talents align wonderfully with the strengths and ambition of what is one of the oldest and most prestigious collegiate art collections in the country.”

The Goodyears will oversee more than 20,000 items in the museum’s collections as well as staff, programs, strategic planning and budgets. They will begin their positions in June.

“We are thrilled by the opportunity this represents,” the couple said jointly in a news release.

“The faculty, museum staff and the administration of the college have all impressed us deeply with their commitment to excellence and to the continued development of the museum’s collection and programming. We look forward to joining the museum’s community.”

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