Max Hollein (born 7 July 1969) is an Austrian art historian who had been serving as Director and CEO of the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco since July 2016.
In April 2018, the Metropolitan Museum of Art announced that Hollein would become its 10th director while reporting to Daniel H.
Weiss, the president of the Met.Hollein oversaw both the de Young and the Legion of Honor, which together are the seventh most-visited art institutions in the United States, with 1.4 million visitors in 2016.
Hollein joined the Fine Arts Museums in July 2016 from his position as the director of Schirn Kunsthalle Frankfurt, Städel Museum and the Liebieghaus Skulpturensammlung.