The Cleveland Museum of Art has received six gifts totaling $15 million to fund three curatorial positions, two administrative positions, and related initiatives. The largest is a $5 million gift from board chair Ellen Stirn Mavec through The Kelvin and Eleanor Smith Foundation.

The Smith Foundation gift permanently funds the curator of decorative arts position and supports exhibitions, conservation, scholarship, and outreach. Ada de Wit, who joined the museum in August 2023 from the Wallace Collection in London, has been designated Ellen S. and Bruce V. Mavec Curator of Decorative Arts.

Additional gifts support the positions of Janice Hammond and Edward Hemmelgarn Curator of Japanese Art, held by Sinéad Vilbar; the Korea Foundation Curator of Korean Art, held by Sooa McCormick; and the Margaret and Loyal Wilson Chief Exhibition, Design, and Publications Officer, held by Heidi Strean. With this support, the CMA now has permanent funding for 10 named curatorial and conservator positions and four named management positions.

Source: https://www.clevelandart.org/about/press/cleveland-museum-art-receives-six-gifts-totaling-15-million-support-key-positions