The White House Office of the Curator is charged with the conservation and study of the collection of fine art, furniture, and decorative objects used to furnish both the public and private rooms of the White House as an official residence and as an accredited historic house museum.

[2] The office is located in the ground floor of the White House Executive Residence.

The most recent White House curator is Donna Hayashi Smith, appointed in May 2024.

The first curator of the White House was Lorraine Waxman Pearce, appointed in March 1961.

Pearce graduated from the preservation program at the Henry Francis du Pont Winterthur Museum.