 James Rorimer

James Joseph Rorimer (September 7, 1905 – May 11, 1966), was an American museum curator and former director of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, where he was a primary force behind the creation of the Cloisters, a branch of the museum dedicated to the art and architecture of Medieval Europe.During World War II, Rorimer served in the U.S. Army's Monuments, Fine Arts and Archives Section, a.k.a.