Webb, Electra Havemeyer (1888–1960)

US museum founder. In 1947 she founded the Shelburne Museum, a centre for American folk art, paintings, and crafts. She collected numerous artefacts and buildings, which she reconstructed on site. Considered an important resource of Americana, the Shelburne Museum was personally supervised by Electra Webb until her death.

Webb was born Electra Havemeyer in New York City. She studied at a commercial college, learned outdoor sports from her father, and married J Watson Webb in 1910. Immensely wealthy, the couple lived in New York City and Westbury, Long Island. They settled in Shelburne, Vermont, in 1949, building a house on the Webb land holdings.