Margery Anneberg

Margery Channing Anneberg (1921–2003) was an American museum founder and museum director, curator, gallerist, goldsmith, and jeweler. She founded the Anneberg Gallery (1966–1981) in San Francisco, considered the first professional contemporary craft gallery; and she co-founded the San Francisco Craft and Folk Art Museum (1983–2012). She was named an honorary fellow by the American Craft Council (ACC) in 1979.

Early life and education Margery Anneberg was born in 1921 in Carroll, Iowa; and she was raised in Longview, Washington. Anneberg was a member of the Metal Arts Guild of San Francisco.

Anneberg Gallery Anneberg founded a gallery selling crafts and displaying local artists in 1966, initially named The Jewelry Shop and Gallery on Hyde Street; a year later it was renamed as the Anneberg Gallery. Her gallery also sold international contemporary folk art (such as textiles, masks, baskets, metalwork, and sculptures), with a few pieces of historical folk art. It was the first professional gallery for contemporary crafts. The gallery closed in 1981. The museum collection was decommissioned in 1991, with three quarters of the work placed into educational institutions. The museum held more than 200 exhibitions, and closed in 2012.

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