I am currently the Curator of Fashion & Decorative Arts at Historic New England. Historic New England is one of the most comprehensive independent preservation organizations in the United States. We welcome the public to thirty-eight exceptional museums and landscapes, operate a major collections and archives center, and protect 126 privately owned historic properties in the region through a preservation easement program. We engage diverse audiences in developing a deeper understanding and enjoyment of New England home life by being the national leader in collecting, preserving, and using significant buildings, landscapes, archives, stories, and objects from the past to today. Learn more about Historic New England.
In 2020, I completed my Graduate Museum Studies Certificate from the University of Delaware. As a member of the Museum Studies Program, I had the privilege to complete projects for Greenbank Mill and Philips Farm, The Marshall Steam Museum, and the website Sustaining Places as well as present the work of the website at the Small Museum Association Conference in 2019.
During my time as a Fashion Archives Intern at the Maryland Historical Society (MdHS) I processed garments and accessories, including cleaning, cataloging, researching, re-housing, and mending items as well as mounting works for exhibitions and display. This work also included blogging about my experiences and items in the collection and researching a historical dress topic connected to the archives. This research culminated with my public presentation: Baltimore Dressmakers-Making the City a Center of Fashion: 1870-1925 and my forth coming essay Lottie Barton, Nineteenth Century Baltimore’s Premier Modiste and Fashion Smuggler in MdHS's Spectrum of Fashion, October 2019.
About the header image: Public domain photograph of original First Ladies Exhibition at the Smithsonian National Museum of American History. c.1914.