Services and Resources for Museums and Private Collectors
Valarie founded Museum and Collector Resource in 1996 after a productive 15-year career in collections, curating, and administration at the Smithsonian Museum of Natural History, several house museums including a Frank Lloyd Wright house, the U.S. Coast Guard Museum, and the Massachusetts Museum of Transportation.
Leah previously worked as Collections Manager for the Peabody Museum at Harvard University and as a textile restoration specialist. Since joining MCR in 2010, Leah has managed multiple inventory and cataloging projects for clients such as the Cahoon Museum of American Art, the Libby Museum, and and acted as MCR's Temporary Registrar for the MIT Museum.
Megan holds a M.S. in Library Science, with an emphasis on Archival Management. Megan is a Certified Archivist with a love of the old, the odd, and the story behind everything, Megan has worked on long-term projects for the Perot Collection in Texas and the Martha's Vineyard Museum in Massachusetts., as well as short term projects for the Ewing Gallery, University of Tennessee Knoxville and King Ranch.
Bianca has a Master's degree in History and Museum Studies from Tufts University. With a deep interest in making collections accessible to the public, she has worked on MCR projects for the Cyrus Dallin Museum, Boston Medical Library and the Wrentham, MA Historical Commission.
Grant's experience includes work at the National Gallery of Art. Since joining MCR He has conducted a large inventory at the Somerville Museum, collection assessments at the Worcester Historical Museum and US Sports Academy, and large digitization projects for the Cape Ann Museum, Boston Medical Library and Cyrus Dallin Art Museum.
Cassandra comes to MCR with a MLS from Simmons University with an emphasis in Archival Management and Research. After working as an Archives Assistant at Tufts University, she has worked on a long-term project for the Boston Medical Library processing and digitizing their institutional archives.
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