Melissa Chiu (born 1972) is a museum director, curator and author. On June 5, 2014, the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, a museum which is part of the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, D.C., announced it had hired Chiu to be the Hirshhorn's new director. Chiu assumed her role as Director of the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden on September 29, 2014.