Littleton Museum
6028 South Gallup Street
Littleton, CO 80120
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| AN INNOVATIVE NATION: DOCUMENTING AMERICAN CREATIVITY AT THE NATIONAL MUSEUM OF AMERICAN HISTORY
James B. Gardner
Senior Scholar
National Museum of American History
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| Date: |
9/2/2010 |
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7:00 pm – 8:30 pm*
*Regular museum hours are Tues.-Fri. 8 am-5 pm; Sat., 10 am-5 pm; Sun. 1-5 pm; closed Mondays and holidays. |
| Location: |
Friends' Lecture Hall - Littleton Museum, 6028 S. Gallup St. |
| Contact: |
303-795-3950 |
| Cost: |
Tickets on sale 8/3/2010 $5 public; $4 FOLM members |
| Description: |
James B. Gardner is Senior Scholar, National Museum of American History, Smithsonian Institution. He holds a B.A. with honors in history from Rhodes College and an M.A. and a Ph.D. in history from Vanderbilt University. Prior to joining the NMAH staff, he worked as a consultant with museums and higher education and served as Director of Education and Special Programs for the American Association for State and Local History and as Deputy Executive Director of the American Historical Association. At NMAH he previously served as Associate Director for Curatorial Affairs. His professional activities have included service as President of the National Council on Public History, President of the Society for History in the Federal Government, chair of the Nominating Board of the Organization of American Historians, chair of AASLH’s Nominating Committee and its Committee on Standards and Ethics, and on the Board of Editors of The Public Historian. He currently serves on the AASLH Council.
Dr. Gardner's publications include The AAM Guide to Collections Planning (2004), Public History: Essays from the Field (second edition, 2004), Documenting the Digital Age (1997), Ordinary People and Everyday Life: Perspectives on the New Social History (1983), and contributions to The Public Historian, Museum News, and other periodicals. He was senior editor of Krieger Publishing Company’s Public History Series. As a lecturer and conference speaker, he has appeared on the programs of such diverse national organizations as the American Association of Museums, the American Council of Learned Societies, and the Association of American Colleges and Universities as well as at meetings, conferences, and seminars sponsored by local, state, and regional organizations.
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