Virginia Teehan is a cultural leader with significant experience in heritage protection and interpretation and a wealth of executive and non-executive experience across museums galleries and universities. Virginia took over the post of CEO of the Heritage Council in February 2019. She was elected as a member of the Royal Irish Academy in 2022.

A professional archivist and curator, Virginia was appointed, University Archivist at UCC, in 1991. In this capacity, she established the first University Archives service in the third-level sector. From 2003-2009, Virginia was Director of the Museum, Limerick. The Museum was awarded Irish Museum of the Year during Virginia’s tenure. At the Hunt Museum, Virginia successfully guided the Museum through a Government Commission of Enquiry, arising from allegations made by the Simon Wiesenthal Centre to President McAleese, that the items contained in the Museum’s Collection were looted during the Holocaust.

Before taking up a position at the Heritage Council, worked as Director of Cultural Projects at University College Cork where she developed several cross-disciplinary cultural projects connecting the University’s research profile with the wider community. Virginia was Executive Producer for the RTÉ/UCC award-winning three-part documentary, The Atlas of the Irish Revolution a major collaboration that brought history and heritage to a wide audience.

As a curator, researcher, and lecturer, Virginia has lectured and published extensively on art history a special interest in the Irish Arts and Crafts Movement. She has curated over eighty exhibitions in Ireland, the UK, France, Germany, and the USA.

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