Kristen Lippincott

Kristen Lippincott is a London-based art historian and museums consultant. From 1990 to 2006 she worked for the National Maritime Museum, and was its Deputy Director (2000-2006) after being Director of the Royal Observatory, Greenwich (1998-2001).

In October 2013 she appeared on BBC Radio 4's The Museum of Curiosity and chose to donate "The Eureka Moment" to the hypothetical museum.

She has a BA in Comparative Literature from Bennington College, Vermont, USA (1976) and an MA (1976) and PhD (1987) in Art History from the University of Chicago.