A native New Yorker, Dr. Marianne Eggler is an art, architecture and design historian and professor who has provided museum tours in New York City for over two decades. She also teaches at the Fashion Institute of Technology, S.U.N.Y. in New York City and at Purchase College, S.U.N.Y. in Westchester County, NY, and serves as gallery lecturer at The Museum of Modern Art. Marianne studied graphic design and fine art at Rochester Institute of Technology, and then received a BA in art history from the University of Rochester followed by a Master’s and Ph.D. from the CUNY Graduate Center, NYC. Marianne has lectured extensively in the United States and abroad on the subject of modern art and design and has published her scholarship in academic books and journals. She loves to share her knowledge of and passion for art, architecture and design with museum visitors from near and far, as we experience the rich offerings of NYC's museum collections and special exhibitions together.