Robert Whyte was the Supervisor of Education from 1967 to 1980 and the Director of Education from 1980 to 1987 at SFMOMA. Whyte was born in Los Angeles, California in 1931 but was raised in Newport Beach where he attended Newport High and Orange Coast College. His initial interest was in architecture and interior design and he started out at USC before deciding to switch to UCLA and study art history. He then received his masters in Italian fifteenth-century sculpture from UC Berkeley in 1961. He was hired by SFMOMA in 1967 by Jerry Nordland after a colleague from the art department recommended him. In the early years his job was to conduct tours of school groups and teach art classes in the galleries. In addition to children's education he was also tasked with curating film programs and worked with Edith Kramer at Canyon Cinema which was a nonprofit organization that encouraged the showing of experimental films. Whyte also helped with events like Family Day and the Insights program as well as various concerts, dances and theater productions at the museum. After resigning from the museum he went to work for the Museo ItaloAmericano in San Francisco and became the director where he remained until his retirement in 2000. In this interview, Whyte discusses his initial experiences with the museum, growing up in California, education, Edith Kramer, work in the field of art education, Women’s Board sponsorship, Henry Hopkins and SFMOMA curators, Ruth Asawa, docents, artists' relationship with education department, Dennis Leary, his decision to resign, directorship of the Museo Italo Americano and his retirement.