(SitNews) Ketchikan, Alaska - Anita Maxwell is the new Director of Ketchikan Museums. Maxwell served as both the Senior Curator of Programs and the Interim Director for one year, and has most notably led the museum through a long-sought renovation to the Tongass Historical Museum while still supporting growth in programs and fostering community-wide support.

The renovation has been a tremendous milestone for Ketchikan Museums, allowing the museum to better serve both the community and visitors with new permanent and temporary exhibit galleries, expanded collections storage, security upgrades, and accessible public restrooms. Quoting an announcement, "She has also been an exemplary leader for the Ketchikan Museums team as we tackled this immense undertaking and its many challenges."

Maxwell holds a Bachelor of Arts in Anthropology from the University of Montana. Prior to moving to Ketchikan in 2008, Maxwell worked for the Montana Natural History Center in Missoula. Starting as an intern, she worked in multiple programmatic and administrative capacities culminating in Directorship.

Beginning in 2009, Maxwell served as the Operations Manager, then Education Director for the Ketchikan Area Arts & Humanities Council. She took her first position with Ketchikan Museums as the Senior Curator of Programs in March of 2014, and within a few years began taking on the duties of the vacated Director position.

"Anita Maxwell is a very experienced and dedicated leader who is both welcoming and responsive to our community, and who has vision and enthusiasm that will help take Ketchikan Museums into the next phases of growth and vitality," stated the news release.

Maxwell replaces Dr. Lee Gray, originally from Minnesota, who took the position in January of this year as the Director of Museums. Gray held the job for approximately 3 months before resiging in March 2017.

The Ketchikan Museums is now seeking to fill the vacated Senior Curator of Programs position. For the job posting, visit http://www. ktn-ak.us/jobs on the City of Ketchikan website.

Editing by Mary Kauffman, SitNews

Source of News:

Ketchikan Museums
www.KetchikanMuseums.org

 

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