Ruth Abram of the Lower East Side Tenement Museum , Carl Akeley of the American Museum of Natural History and the Field Museum of American History , Alfred H. Barr Jr. of the Museum of Modern Art , William Conway of the Bronx Zoo and Philippe de Montebello of the Metropolitan Museum of Art are among 100 museum leaders , living and dead , named by the American Association of Museums to its honor roll in celebration of its 100th anniversary .