From: Cynthia Arbiture <musprosvc@gdinet.com> Message-Id: <15B6FCB4-464A-4136-A04A-6BBEF17ACF33@gdinet.com> Subject: Re: New Executive Administrative Director at Hamilton Wood Type & Printing Museum Date: Mon, 7 Oct 2019 16:43:50 -0500
This looks like a very cool museum and I hope to visit it soon! It’s
great to see how many young people are interested in this old type of
printing. Congratulations to Peter Crabbe on his new position as
Executive Administrative Director! Another great museum in Wisconsin!
Best!
Cindy Arbiture
> On Oct 7, 2019, at 1:46 PM, JANET IRENE SEYMOUR
<janet.seymour@wisconsinhistory.org> wrote:
>
> The Hamilton Museum Welcomes New Executive Administrative Director
> Implementing Strategic Plans, Fundraising and Budgeting at the
Forefront
> The Hamilton Wood Type & Printing Museum is proud to announce the
selection of Peter Crabbe, Ed.D to the newly created position of
Executive Administrative Director. He will focus on providing leadership
in the management of our dynamic nonprofit organization. Dr. Crabbe will
oversee refining, developing and implementing innovative and progressive
programs for fundraising, budgeting, communications, collections
management, community outreach, education and exhibition activities.
> Peter Crabbe is an accomplished Executive Director, recently having
led the staff and volunteers of Channel Islands Maritime Museum, Oxnard,
CA in meeting the organization’s mission, vision and educational
goals. He holds an Ed.D. in Educational Leadership and Organizational
Change from Roosevelt University, Schaumburg, IL; an MFA from the
University of Illinois at Chicago; an MA from Eastern Illinois
University, Charleston, IL, and a BFA from Newport College of Art,
Newport, Wales, UK (his hometown).
> Dr. Crabbe’s experience includes having created vibrant,
interdisciplinary learning environments – insight that will lend
itself to the Hamilton Museum’s growth in educational opportunities at
all levels. As he stated, "I am excited to be part of celebrating the
history of the Hamilton Company, the hard-working innovative ethic of
the people of Two Rivers who have contributed so much to the graphics
industry, communications, and the economy of our country. I can't think
of a better springboard for the museum to build creative and educational
programming.”
> On behalf of Hamilton Wood Type & Printing Museum’s Board of
Directors, Board President Jeff Dawson says “We are looking forward to
working together with Dr. Crabbe to implement our newly defined
strategic directions of supporting staff for foundational growth,
ensuring operational viability, and putting into place programs and
policies that will ensure many more years of success.” Board member
and president of the Two Rivers Historical Society, Don Konop, called
Dr. Crabbe’s selection “a positive step in the continuing
development of the museum as a community asset of national
significance.”
> Jim Moran, the current Museum director, will continue as an
instrumental leader for Hamilton. Hiring an Executive Administrative
Director will enable Jim to focus on collections, museum curation, and
exhibition projects. The Hamilton Wood Type & Printing Museum’s Board
of Directors honors Jim Moran's extraordinary service and is grateful
for his commitment to Hamilton's ongoing excellence.
> The Hamilton Wood Type & Printing Museum is the only museum in the
country dedicated to the preservation, study, production and printing of
wood type. With 1.5 million pieces of wood type and more than 1,000
styles and sizes of patterns, the Hamilton collection is one of the
premier wood type collections in the world.
> As a working museum, preservation is supported by the active and
careful use of collections. The Hamilton museum staff offers the
opportunities for workshops, hands-on demonstrations, group tours and
lectures. Summer hours are Tuesday through Saturday, 10am–5pm and
Sunday, 1–5pm with a guided tour offered daily at 1pm.
> For more information please visit, www.woodtype.org
<http://www.woodtype.org/>, email info@woodtype.org
<mailto:info@woodtype.org> or call 920.794.6272.
>
>
> Janet Seymour
> Interim Director of Outreach
>
> Wisconsin Historical Society
> c/o Department of History, UW-Eau Claire
> 105 Garfield Avenue Eau Claire WI 54701
> 715-836-2250 (O)
> janet.seymour@wisconsinhistory.org
<mailto:janet.seymour@wisconsinhistory.org>
>
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