The White House Office of the Curator is charged with the conservation and study of the collection of fine art, furniture and decorative objects used to furnish both the public and private rooms of the

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as an official residence and as an accredited

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. The office began in 1961 during the administration of

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while First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy oversaw the restoration of the White House. The office is located in the ground floor of the White House

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. The office, headed by the curator of the White House, includes an associate curator, an assistant curator, and a curatorial assistant. The office works with the chief usher, the

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and the

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. The most recent White House curator is Lydia Tederick, appointed in 2017. Previously it was William G. Allman, who was appointed by President

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in 2002 and retired in June 2017.

Curators' charge

The curator of the White House, or less formally White House curator, is head of the White House Office of the Curator which is charged with the conservation and study of the collection of fine art, furniture and decorative objects used to furnish both the public and private rooms of the White House. The first curator of the White House was Lorraine Waxman Pearce who was appointed in March 1961. Pearce was a graduate of the preservation program at the Henry Francis du Pont Winterthur Museum.

Curators of the White House

To date seven curators have served in the White House; they are:

Footnotes

References

* Abbott James A., and Elaine M. Rice. ''Designing Camelot: The Kennedy White House Restoration.'' Van Nostrand Reinhold: 1998. . * Garrett, Wendell. ''Our Changing White House.'' Northeastern University Press: 1995. . * Monkman, Betty C. ''The White House: The Historic Furnishing & First Families.'' Abbeville Press: 2000. . * ''The White House: An Historic Guide.'' White House Historical Association and the National Geographic Society: 2001. .

External links

White House website biography of curator William G. Allman
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Curators' charge

Curators of the White House

See also

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