More than 100 million years ago, an ancient sea covered much of Texas, and present-day Glen Rose sat at the water’s edge.

Lynda Roscoe Hartigan directs the Peabody Essex Museum, where she first began working two decades ago. Despite helming a museum that dates to 1799, Hartigan is forward-thinking about the role museums ...

He was instrumental in revitalizing the New York Public Library and transforming Bryant Park from a dangerous dead zone into ...