The People’s Collection: The Story of Collecting at the NCMA

Speaker: Caroline Rocheleau

The history of the North Carolina Museum of Art starts in 1924 when the North Carolina State Art Society was formed to generate interest in creating an art museum for the state. However, the pivotal moment in this history was the year 1947, when the state legislature appropriated $1 million to purchase a collection of art for the people of North Carolina. Curator Caroline Rocheleau explores how the People’s Collection has grown since the initial appropriation and reveals fascinating stories behind some of the works of art and antiquities.


Caroline Rocheleau obtained her PhD in Egyptology and Nubiology from the University of Toronto, Canada, focusing on the material culture of ancient Egypt and Sudan. She currently serves as Director of Research and Curator of Ancient Collections at the North Carolina Museum of Art (NCMA), overseeing the archaeological collections of the ancient Mediterranean and ancient Americas.


Rocheleau is the author of Ancient Egyptian Art, the first catalogue entirely devoted to the NCMA’s Egyptian collection. She is the editor of The Bacchus Conservation Project, the publication presenting the scholarly and scientific research of the Statue of Bacchus. Rocheleau is currently working on the catalogue of the NCMA’s ancient Greek, Italian, and Roman collections.

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