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Meet the Members of the Family Learning Team
at the USS Constitution Museum, Boston, MA

We invite you to contact us about any aspect of our family learning project. Our team members all have their own specialties but we are also involved in making daily discoveries about the nature and characteristics of family learning! Our team is interdisciplinary and includes representatives from the Curatorial, Exhibition, Education, Library, and Administrative departments. We also hired a Project Coordinator, and outside exhibit designers, a team of technicians and museum studies interns.

The in-house team members are:

Anne Grimes Rand Deputy Director of Museum and Family Learning Project Director Anne has been at the Constitution Museum for 20 years serving as Curator and Acting Director. As Project Director, she assisted in all aspects of the project including the orchestration of the overall project timeline, marking each project accomplishment with her favorite expression, "Huzzah!" arand@ussconstitutionmuseum.org

Robert Kiihne Director of Exhibits & Family Learning Project Manager Robert has been designing and creating exhibits for more than two decades at various museums throughout the region. As Project Manager, he coordinates the exhibition development process within the Museum and also hires all out-of-house team members. Robert is well-known for his love of ice cream while creating! rkiihne@ussconstitutionmuseum.org

Sarah Watkins Curator Sarah has been at the Museum for 12 years and wears the hat of Curator. She oversees the management of the collection and research staff. Sarah supervised the research team who spent months looking for references to the sailors who served on board Constitution! Sarah's fondness for ferreting out primary source material was rewarded when a small white terrier named Guerriere was discovered! He is the only canine on record, to date, who also "served" on the ship during the War of 1812! swatkins@ussconstitutionmuseum.org

Behind the Scenes Exhibition Department Members:

The out-of-house family learning team members include: