Metropolitan Museum Names Max Hollein as Its New Director

Mr. Hollein joins from the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, succeeding Thomas Campbell at the New York museum

After several years of financial missteps, the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York has chosen a veteran museum manager, Max Hollein, to be its next director.

Mr. Hollein, 48 years old, is currently the director of the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, an entity that comprises the M.H. de Young Museum and the Legion of Honor. Before that, he oversaw a trio of museums in Frankfurt, Germany.

He...