I am a recent graduate of the public history graduate program at Rutgers University. I currently serve as the digital media coordinator for the Mid-Atlantic Regional Center for the Humanities, where I wrangle bloggers and tackle our social media platforms.
In the last two years I've created an oral history database using StoriesMatter for the Salem County Historical Society, collected data on school group attendance for the education department at Cleveland's Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, and I've digitized the Balch Institute Ethnic Images in Advertising Collection at the Historical Society of Pennsylvania. I volunteer at the Alice Paul Institute in Mt. Laurel, New Jersey and the Digital Center at HSP.
In my spare time I am often silly and irreverent.
Catching Elephant is a theme by Andy Taylor
Now through January 13, 2013 at the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology.
Tickets appear to be pretty easy to get, but I went on a rainy Thursday. Adults: 22.50, 65+: 18.50, 6-12: 16.50, Student: 16.50, Military: 18.50. This includes the price of admission to the whole museum.
The rest of the UPenn Museum is at best uneven, but there area number of interesting pieces. There is an intriguing crystal sphere in the Asia gallery, and a pair of cloisonné lions from Beijing. I’m usually more excited by the Asian areas in museums, but this left me unimpressed. The museum has a number of more extensive exhibits: Imagine Africa was well visited. I have to admit, we were in a bit of a time crunch and walked straight to the Lords of Time exhibit. We did take ten minutes to watch part of the What in the World installation. It didn’t quite work for us. You have no idea when you push a button by a mystery object how long its corresponding video will be. I love trying to guess what things are, but this was more an hyper-extended, super-dry biography of an object. Meh. (Yes, that is my professional opinion. Meh.) There is an online version for those who want to play at home.
