THE RUBIN MUSEUM OF ART IN CHELSEA, NEW YORK CITY, EXPLORES AND CELEBRATES HIMALAYAN ART, CULTURES, AND IDEAS ACROSS HISTORY AND INTO THE PRESENT. WITH ITS GLOBALLY RENOWNED COLLECTION, CENTERED LARGELY AROUND ART FROM THE TIBETAN PLATEAU, THE RUBIN FOSTERS UNDERSTANDING AND APPRECIATION OF HIMALAYAN ART BY INTERPRETING AND RELATING IT TO OUR SHARED HUMAN EXPERIENCE TODAY. INSPIRED BY THE TENETS OF BUDDHISM, HINDUISM, AND INDIGENOUS RELIGIONS, AND ALIGNED WITH ONGOING RESEARCH INTO LEARNING, BEHAVIOR, AND THE BRAIN, THE RUBIN OFFERS INNOVATIVE EXHIBITIONS AND PROGRAMS THAT EXAMINE PROVOCATIVE IDEAS ACROSS THE ARTS AND EXPLORE THE MIND. THROUGH THIS WORK, THE MUSEUM SERVES AS A SPACE FOR REFLECTION AND PERSONAL TRANSFORMATION, OPENING WINDOWS TO INNER WORLDS SO VISITORS CAN BETTER NAVIGATE OUTER ONES.
Executive compensation, broken down
Form 990 · Schedule J · 7 reported individuals · Filing year 2023
| Base salary | Bonus | Other compensation | Benefits | Executive compensation | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Deputy Exec. Dir./cfo officer (unspecified) $365k $410k | |||||
Deputy Executive Dir./chief Programmatic Officer key employee $321k $360k | |||||
Dir. of Curatorial Admin. highest compensated employee $238k $267k | |||||
Dir. of Development highest compensated employee $233k $261k | |||||
Dir. of Marketing & Communications highest compensated employee $226k $254k | |||||
Dir. of Visitor Experience/ Interpretation highest compensated employee $211k $236k | |||||
Head of Human Resources highest compensated employee $171k $192k | |||||
Teal figures restate each filed amount in 2026 dollars.
Estimated with New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA metro-area CPI-U, restating filed pay into May 2026 dollars. A restatement of past pay, not current or projected pay.
Plus 14 unpaid individuals.
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