Chelsea Haines is a historian of global modern and contemporary art and architecture. She is currently Assistant Professor of Art History & Museum Studies at the Herberger Institute for Design and the Arts at Arizona State University. Her research focuses on histories and theories of museums, exhibitions, and the politics of display. Her current book project explores the role of art exhibitions in Israeli nation-building from the founding of the state in 1948 to the establishment of the Israel Museum in Jerusalem in 1965.