Cardinal Point Collections Consulting was founded by Brittany Minton, an experienced professional registrar with a background in both institutional and private collections. Drawing from years of coordinating loans, exhibitions, and complex projects, Brittany brings a meticulous, solutions-driven approach to every engagement.
To provide expert, detail-oriented support for collections and exhibitions, ensuring every object is handled with the highest level of care and professionalism, every deadline is met, and every project is on budget.
Mission
Cardinal Point Collections Consulting | Salem, MA
Owner & Consulting Registrar | 2024-Present
Peabody Essex Museum | Salem, MA
Head Registrar | 2018-23
Registrar for Exhibitions | 2015-18
Associate Registrar for Exhibitions | 2013-15
Indianapolis Museum of Art | Indianapolis, IN
Registrar for Exhibitions | 2011-13
Associate Registrar for Exhibitions | 2009-11
Assistant Registrar for Exhibitions (Contract) | 2008-09
Provenance Research Intern | 2008
Eskenazi Museum of Art: Indiana University | Bloomington, IN
Registration Assistant (Work Study) | 2007-08
Professional Experience
Education
Indiana University | Bloomington, IN
Master of Arts: Art History | Sept. 2007 - Dec. 2008
Wittenberg University | Springfield, OH
Bachelor of Arts: Art History | Sept. 1999 - May 2003
Notable Exhibitions
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As We Rise: Photography from the Black Atlantic
Spirits: Tsherin Sherpa with Robert Beer
Zachari Logan: Remembrance
Power and Perspective: Early Photography in China
Zarah Hussain: Breath In American Waters
Alexis Rockman: Shipwrecks
A Passion for American Art: Selections from the Carolyn & Peter Lynch Collection
Hans Hofmann: The Nature of Abstraction
Order of Imagination: The Photographs of Olivia Parker
TC Cannon: At the Edge of America
Ocean Liners: Glamour, Speed & Style
American Impressionist: Childe Hassam & the Isles of Shoals American Epics:
Thomas Hart Benton & Hollywood
Turner & the Sea
Impressionists on the Water
The Essential Robert Indiana
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Beauty & Belief: Crossing Bridges with the Art of Islamic Culture
Aziz + Cucher: Some People
Snapshot: Painters and Photography, Bonnard to Vuillard
Hard Truths: The Art of Thornton Dial
Andy Warhol Enterprises Sacred
Spain: Art & Belief in the Spanish World
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Marisol: A Retrospective
Gu Wenda: United Nations
Spirits: Tsherin Sherpa with Robert Beer
Zachari Logan: Remembrance
Power and Perspective: Early Photography in China
The Salem Witch Trials: Reckoning & Reclaiming
In American Waters
A Passion for American Art: Selections from the Carolyn & Peter Lynch Collection
TC Cannon: At the Edge of America
Ocean Liners: Glamour, Speed & Style
Intersections: Anila Quayyum Agha
Native Fashion Now
In Plain Sight: Discovering the Furniture of Nathaniel Gould
Impressionists on the Water
Fabergé Revealed
Spencer Finch: Following Nature
Ai Weiwei: According to What?
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Beauty & Belief: Crossing Bridges with the Art of Islamic Culture
Allora & Calzadilla: Gloria (U.S. Pavilion, Venice Biennale 2011)
Brian McCutcheon: Out of This World
Hard Truths: The Art of Thornton Dial
Dynasty & Divinity: Ife Art in Ancient Nigeria
Art of the American Indians: The Thaw Collection
Read My Pins: The Madeleine Albright Collection
Andy Warhol Enterprises
Sacred Spain: Art & Belief in the Spanish World
European Design Since 1985: Shaping the New Century
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As We Rise: Photography from the Black Atlantic
Gu Wenda: United Nations
Spirits: Tsherin Sherpa with Robert Beer
Zachari Logan: Remembrance
Zarah Hussain: Breath
Alexis Rockman: Shipwrecks
Made It: The Women Who Revolutionized Fashion
Hans Hofmann: The Nature of Abstraction
Order of Imagination: The Photographs of Olivia Parker
TC Cannon: At the Edge of America
Intersections: Anila Quayyum Agha
Native Fashion Now
Candice Breitz: The Woods
Beyond Human: Artist–Animal Collaborations
Spencer Finch: Following Nature
Ai Weiwei: According to What?
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Aziz + Cucher: Some People
Allora & Calzadilla: Gloria (U.S. Pavilion, Venice Biennale 2011)
Brian McCutcheon: Out of This World
Hard Truths: The Art of Thornton Dial
Andy Warhol Enterprises
European Design Since 1985: Shaping the New Century
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The Salem Witch Trials: Reckoning & Reclaiming
Made It: The Women Who Revolutionized Fashion
Ocean Liners: Glamour, Speed & Style Native Fashion Now
Body Unbound: Contemporary Couture from the IMA's Collection
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The Salem Witch Trials: Reckoning & Reclaiming
In American Waters
Hans Hofmann: The Nature of Abstraction
TC Cannon: At the Edge of America
American Impressionist: Childe Hassam & the Isles of Shoals
Native Fashion Now American Epics:
Thomas Hart Benton & Hollywood
Impressionists on the Water
Fabergé Revealed
Ai Weiwei: According to What?
Painters and Photography, Bonnard to Vuillard
Hard Truths: The Art of Thornton Dial
Dynasty & Divinity: Ife Art in Ancient Nigeria
European Design Since 1985: Shaping the New Century
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Ocean Liners: Glamour, Speed & Style
Turner & the Sea
Snapshot: Painters and Photography, Bonnard to Vuillard
Allora & Calzadilla: Gloria (U.S. Pavilion, Venice Biennale 2011)
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In American Waters
American Epics: Thomas Hart Benton & Hollywood
Turner & the Sea
Impressionists on the Water
Sacred Spain: Art & Belief in the Spanish World
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Made It: The Women Who Revolutionized Fashion
TC Cannon: At the Edge of America
Beauty & Belief: Crossing Bridges with the Art of Islamic Culture
Hard Truths: The Art of Thornton Dial
Dynasty & Divinity: Ife Art in Ancient Nigeria
Art of the American Indians: The Thaw Collection
Sacred Spain: Art & Belief in the Spanish World
European Design Since 1985: Shaping the New Century
