Dr Elspeth King is a Scottish curator, writer and social historian.

[1] She studied Medieval History at University of St Andrews, graduating with First Class Honours.

[1] In 1974, King joined the People's Palace, in Glasgow as a curator, where she remained for the next 16 years.

[9] In 1994, King joined the Smith Art Gallery Museum in Stirling as its first director, where she remained until her retirement in August 2018.

[10] However, a petition was mounted to combat this decision and gained over 7000 signatures after which the museum received a reprieve.