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Making a Collection Happen: Two Case Studies
Tuesday February 18, 2025 11:30am - 12:30pm EST
Room 3
Have you ever wondered what it’s like to start a collection? Hear from the founding director of Springsong Museum, a new museum in Silver Spring, Maryland, about the process of shaping what the future of the permanent collection will look like. Next hear from Angie Barry and Ashley Williams, the first curator and current curator of the Gadsden Arts Center & Museum in Quincy, Florida, who helped build the collection and the plans for the future.
Speakers
avatar for Rebecca Henson

Rebecca Henson

Founder, Executive Director, Springsong Museum
Rebecca Henson is the Founder and Executive Director of Springsong Museum, a community museum inspired by writer and biologist Rachel Carson currently in development in Silver Spring, Maryland. Rebecca has degrees in History from Vanderbilt University and Politics, Policy, and Society... Read More →
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Angie Barry

Founder/Director, AB Museum Consulting, LLC
Based in Maryland, Angie Barry helps museums develop strategic plans and collection policies, coordinates multi-year exhibition projects, and has written successful federal and private foundation grants. For 15 years, Barry served as the Associate Director & Curator at the Gadsden... Read More →
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Ashley Williams

Curator of Exhibitions & Collections, Gadsden Arts Center & Museum
Ashley Williams has worked in art museums, academic art galleries, and a children’s museum, and is currently the Curator of Exhibitions & Collections at the Gadsden Arts Center & Museum. She earned her bachelor’s and master’s degree in Art History from the University of South... Read More →
Tuesday February 18, 2025 11:30am - 12:30pm EST
Room 3 Gaithersburg Marriott Washingtonian Center Gaithersburg, Maryland
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