Experience

Litchfield Historical Society

• Museums, Historical Sites, and Zoos
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Executive Director

  • Jun 2023 - Present



Jessica D. Jenkins

• Museum/ Public History Consultant

  • 2015 - Present

  - Working with museums, heritage sites, and non-profits to provide consultation services related to exhibitions, environmental monitoring, collections care and management, and historic research. - Working with museums, heritage sites, and non-profits to provide consultation services related to exhibitions, environmental monitoring, collections care and management, and historic research.



Minnetrista Museum & Gardens

• United States
• Museums, Historical Sites, and Zoos
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Vice President of Collections and Storytelling

  • Jul 2020 - Jun 2023

  Direct and coordinate activities related to historic resources, including the acquisition, use and management of the Minnetrista Heritage Collection; oversite of preservation, care, and use of historic structures; research and writing; and nurturing relationships with regional historical and arts organizations and special interest groups. Oversee and provide direction to the institutional exhibition program. Participate in strategic and operational discussions and decision-making as a member of the institutional leadership team. Work collaboratively with and support institutional programming activities. Show less

• Director Of Collections

  • Jan 2020 - Jul 2020

• Curator

  • May 2016 - Jan 2020



Indiana Historical Society

• United States
• Museums, Historical Sites, and Zoos
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Collections Assistant, Cataloging Technician

  • Feb 2016 - May 2016



Indiana State Museum and Historic Sites

• United States
• Museums, Historical Sites, and Zoos
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Collections Assistant

  • Feb 2016 - May 2016



Litchfield Historical Society

• Museums, Historical Sites, and Zoos
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Curator of Collections

  • Jul 2011 - Sep 2015

• Project Researcher

  • Sep 2009 - Jul 2011



Central Connecticut State University

• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Editorial Assisant for Connecticut History

  • Aug 2008 - May 2010



AmeriCorps

• Government Administration
• 700 & Above Employee

• Museum Educator, Providence Children's Museum

  • Sep 2007 - Aug 2008