Scott Kratz

Vice President for Education

Phone: 202.272.2448, ext. 3400
Email: skratz@nbm.org

Scott Kratz, vice president for education, supervises the public programs and youth education departments, which create academic symposia, film series, school programs, youth outreach and family events. Before joining the National Building Museum in 2006, Kratz served as director of programs at the Autry National Center and associate director of the Institute for the Study of the American West. There he supervised a staff that planned and implemented programs for the Autry including theater, film, music, family programs, lecture series, and academic symposia. Kratz has been active on several boards, including the Museum Educators of Southern California and the American Association of Museum’s Education Committee. Mr. Kratz currently serves on the board of the ACE Mentor Program Washington Chapter, on the advisory board for a Native American theater company in Los Angeles, and co-chairs the Education, Community, and Arts Technical Advisory Committee for the STAR Community Index, which is creating a measuring tool for sustainable towns and cities. He holds a degree in history from Pomona College.