Executive director and president of the Barnes Foundation Thom Collins announced today that Shelley Bernstein, formerly the vice director of digital engagement and technology at the Brooklyn Museum, is now the Barnes’s new chief experience officer and deputy director for digital initiatives. She will be starting her new position at the foundation this month.

“It is a great pleasure to welcome Shelley to the Barnes. With her expertise in utilizing digital technologies to enhance the visitor experience, and her innovative work developing audience-engaging projects and interactive exhibitions, she is the ideal person to lead the Barnes’s new digital initiatives and visitor experience division. Shelley is a forward-thinking and highly creative individual who will play a key role in spearheading exciting new initiatives here at the Barnes and in engaging and inspiring the current and next generation of visitors,” said Collins.