The Community Curator program of Kansas City Museum invites historians and history educators to share their perspectives on artifacts they choose from the Museum collection. This provides fresh insight about artifacts and collections of Kansas City Museum and Union Station, and welcomes diverse input from the Kansas City history community. Community Curator lectures are presented the fourth Tuesday of each month at Union Station Kansas City, allowing the actual artifact to be presented with the observations of our Community Curator
Community Curator Lecture Series is the fourth Tuesday of every month, at 6 p.m.
When: Tuesday, April 27 at 6 p.m.
Where: Union Station
Address: 30 West Pershing Rd Kansas City, MO. 64108
Admission: Free - Click here to pre-register now!
Curator: Elizabeth Rosin, Rosin Preservation
Discover how photography and archival materials helps historians understand people, styles and technologies that shape our structures and environment with historic preservationist Elizabeth Rosin Tuesday, April 27 at Union Station. Rosin, of historic preservation consulting firm Rosin Preservation, will discuss the archival photographs of Corinthian Hall and explore how these photos play an important role in informing us about the construction and design of the Beaux Arts mansion
About the Curator
Over the past twenty years, Elizabeth Rosin, founder of Rosin Preservation, LLC, has worked in a broad spectrum of the preservation field’s many facets. She has guided her clients through the complexities and nuances of historic resources surveys, National Register nominations, and state and federal historic tax credit applications. Rosin consistently gravitates toward opportunities that are out of the ordinary and that require creative thinking to achieve a successful resolution. These projects often challenge the preservation norm while they expand our understanding of our shared past.
Rosin holds a B.A. in Anthropology and Geography from Northwestern University and a M.S. in Historic Preservation from the University of Vermont. She is a member of the Advisory Board of the Missouri Alliance for Historic Preservation.
Check out these other Community Curator lectures this year:
May 25: Kansas City Hats
Ann Brownfield, Historic Garment District
June 22: The League of Women Voters Collection
Sharon Sanders-Brooks, Kansas City, Mo., City Councilwoman
July 27: Musical Material in the Collection
Chuck Haddix, University of Missouri-Kansas City-Marr Sound Archive
August 24: Decorative Silver
Catherine Futter, Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art
September 28: Postcards from Old Kansas City
Michael Bushnell, Northeast News
October 26: Loula Long Combs and the American Royal
Michael Raynor, Longview Community College
November 16: The Parties of Yester-year
Heather Paxton, The Independent
December 21: Toys in the Attic
Paul Mesner, The Paul Mesner Puppets, Inc.
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