Elizabeth "Betsy" Broun (born December 15, 1946, in Kansas City) is an American art historian and curator.

[4] In 1983, Broun followed Eldredge to the Smithsonian American Art Museum and became Chief Curator and Assistant Director there.

Broun oversaw two major museum renovations during her tenure, including the $250 million main building project from 2000 to 2006, and refurbishing the Renwick Gallery from 2013 to 2015.

Her own curatorial work has concerned artists such as Thomas Hart Benton, Albert Pinkham Ryder, Pat Steir, and Anders Zorn.

[1] In 1991, she received the Alfred H. Barr Jr. Award from the College Art Association for her biography of Albert Pinkham Ryder, published by the Smithsonian Institution Press in 1989.