Mary Kershaw

Mary Kershaw is an American museum curator and director.

Biography Kershaw studied at the University of Pennsylvania and University College London before being appointed as an assistant curator at Harrogate's museums. She was the curator at the museums service from 1992 to 2003, overseeing redevelopments of the Mercer Gallery, Knaresborough Castle, St Robert's Cave, and the Royal Pump Room Museum.

She was appointed the Director of Collections at the newly formed York Museums Trust in 2003. In June 2019 she was appointed director of the Museum of Northern Arizona.

Kershaw is a Fellow of the Museums Association.