Alison Gilchrest

Director of Applied Research and Outreach, Yale Institute for the Preservation for Cultural Heritage

Alison Gilchrest is the Director of Applied Research and Outreach at the Yale Institute for the Preservation for Cultural Heritage. Alison previously oversaw the Mellon Foundation’s grant portfolio for Art History, Conservation, and Museums in the Arts and Cultural Heritage funding program. Prior to joining Mellon, she held conservation and art historical research positions at the Philadelphia Museum of Art, the National Gallery of Art, and the Metropolitan Museum of Art.