Llibrarian at the Amon Carter Museum in Fort Worth, TX, from 1979 to 1999.

During that time he published comprehensive bibliographies in museum publications, including Thomas Eakins (1996), the photography collection catalogue (1993), Eliot Porter (1989) and Laura Gilpin (1986).

In September 1999 he became Chief of Library and Museum Archives at the Museum of Modern Art in New York; he retired in 2016.

At MoMA he devoted his energies to planning and coordinating the opening of the Museum’s research facilities in Manhattan and Queens. In 2000 he established, with May Castleberry, the Library Council, to promote the research resources of MoMA through a membership programme and publications of artist’s books in a series called Contemporary Editions. He is also a founding member of the New York Art Resources Consortium, which coordinates collaborative projects between the research libraries of MoMA, the Frick Collection and the Brooklyn Museum.

A native of Clarksville, TX, Hughston received his BA in journalism and his MLS from the University of Texas at Austin. In 1978-1979 he was the recipient of a Rotary International Scholarship and attended the postgraduate programme in art gallery and museum studies at the University of Manchester.