POWER OF CURATING: Making Museums Come Alive
AMERICAN CENTER HOSTS A PUBLIC LECTURE
POWER OF CURATING
Making Museums Come Alive
Speaker: Karen Lee
Smithsonian Curator
Wednesday 2013 July 24 3:00 pm
National Museum
Sir Marcus Fernando Mawatha Colombo 07
Karen Lee is a curator from the Smithsonian, the world’s largest museum and research complex based in Washington, D.C.
She teaches in Asia and Europe and is a highly-valued facilitator devoted to helping museum staff find creative solutions to daunting challenges. A believer in educational outreach and collaboration. Lee couriered a rare American coin on a seven country European tour in 2012. This special project attracted more than 10 million viewers online, in person and through other media.
Karen M. Lee has a Master’s Degree in Museum Studies undergraduate degree in┬áBiology.
Please confirm your participation on or before July 24, 2013
Tel: 011-2498106, or 011-242463 Email: amcentersl@state.gov
The American Center Colombo
See Also
Ms Karen Lee
Numismatic Curator
National Museum of American History
January 1995ÔÇô Present (18 years 7 months)Washington, D.C.
Curator specializing in American and Russian coinage and numismatic art.┬áExpertise includes exhibition planning, international collaborations,┬ácollections research and digitization. Intnernationally recognized in visitor┬áevaluation and learning in museums. Author of “The Private Sketchbook of George┬áT. Morgan”. Adjunct faculty, National Council of Science Museums, Kolkata India.┬áMember of the International Community of ┬áMuseums (ICOM) and international┬áspeaker.