(JTA) — Ivy Barsky has resigned as the chief executive of the financially struggling National Museum of American Jewish History in Philadelphia.
During her term, the $150 million museum opened in 2010 featured well-regarded exhibits on Leonard Bernstein, Jewish songwriters and the cartoonist Rube Goldberg.
Barsky inherited a museum that was facing financial challenges when she took over in 2012. She rearranged departments, let staff members go and instituted a strategic plan, the Philadelphia Inquirer reported.
In 2017 some staff were laid off, salaries were frozen and empty positions not filled, and the museum cafe was closed. Barsky took a reduction of $25,000 from her $324,000 salary, according to the report.
Barsky will leave the museum at the end of June.
“It has been a great privilege to lead our Museum that does what no other museum in this country does — uniquely preserving and interpreting American Jewish history,” Barsky, 55, said in a statement. “This history celebrates the best of America and what this country has made possible, as well as its ongoing challenges and the work yet to be done.”
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if(window.location.pathname.indexOf("656089") != -1){console.log("hedva connatix");document.getElementsByClassName("divConnatix")[0].style.display ="none";}The museum board has hired Misha Galperin, president of Zandafi Philanthropy Advisors, to help the museum put a transition plan in place, according to the Inquirer.