Museum of Worcester executive director to retire after half a century
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William Wallace will be retiring from his position as executive director of the Museum of Worcester at the end of 2025.
After 50 years serving as executive director of the Museum of Worcester, William Wallace will be calling it a career at the end of 2025.
Wallace joined the Museum of Worcester, then known as the Worcester Historical Museum, as its leader on July 1, 1976. As he nears his 50th year with the city’s staple, Wallace said it’s the perfect time to step into retirement.
“This is an exciting year for the Museum of Worcester. We've rebranded. We've made major capital and interpretive improvements in our galleries [and] concluded our successful capital campaign, he said. “A moment like this when I'm beginning my 50th year as a logical point of transition for the institution and for me.”
In celebration of its 150th anniversary, the museum changed its name from Worcester Historical Museum to the Museum of Worcester in January to better reflect its mission to be a central hub for curating and showcasing all things Worcester.
Throughout his tenure, leading the museum for one third of its existence, Wallace said there has been no singular proudest or most important accomplishment.
“They're all important steps forward,” he said.
“At the end of the day, this may be the Museum of Worcester, but the entire community is a museum and we are all the storytellers of that history,” he said. “Every partnership exhibit we've done, every program we've done with community, just reinforces that reality that we all make Worcester.
In line with this belief, Wallace’s hopes for his incoming successor are simple.
“That they’re as excited about Worcester and the stories and the people that make us an exciting community and the opportunities to capture and share those stories,” he said.
The museum has posted its executive director job posting to indeed.com, listing its annual salary as between $100,000 and $150,000. The position requires a bachelor’s degree, with a master’s degree preferred, and a minimum of 10 years of increasing responsibility in operational leadership.
The nonprofit had $2 million in revenue and held $18.2 million in assets in fiscal 2022, the most recent year available from the nonprofit data provider Guidestar.
Mica Kanner-Mascolo is a staff writer at Worcester Business Journal, who primarily covers the healthcare and diversity, equity, and inclusion industries.
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