I am pleased to serve as a “museum capacity building consultant” for a Smithsonian Institution Museum on Main Street traveling exhibition, Hometown Teams. While touring Maryland from February 2014 to November 2015, this program explores the connection between sports and American culture.
A team of consultants will help host institutions identify regional stories, develop engaging content, and offer unique public programs. In my area of practice, cultural and social history, I will focus on oral traditions that assists in the development of community narratives, the collection of local stories, and sports-related storytelling. Other consultants will work with the partners to enhance deliverables in additional practice areas.
The Museum on Main Street (MoMS) project is a Smithsonian Institution Traveling Exhibition Service program, which teams up with state humanities councils to bring high-quality traveling exhibits to small communities through their own Main Street museums, historical societies and other cultural venues.
Having the opportunity to work with great groups of volunteers, local historians, and community subject matter experts while we piece together fading aspects of our past that explore, preserve, and share stories of how sports shaped communities is exciting.
