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Administration & Accounting

Donna Basler

Accounting Manager

Email: dbasler@connecticutmuseum.org
Phone: 860-236-5621 X 248

Ilene Frank

Deputy Executive Director/Chief Strategy Officer

Email: ifrank@connecticutmuseum.org
Phone: 860-236-5621 X 213

Sara Gardner

Welcome Desk Coordinator

Email: sgardner@connecticutmuseum.org
Phone: 860-236-5621 X 0

Robert Kret

Executive Director and CEO

Email: director@connecticutmuseum.org
Phone: 860-236-5621 X 204

Hannah Labovitz

Welcome Desk Assistant

Email: hlabovitz@connecticutmuseum.org
Phone: 860-236-5621 X 0

Ashley Malcolm

Administrative Assistant

Email: amalcolm@connecticutmuseum.org
Phone: 860-236-5621 X 204

Susan Presutti

Director of Human Resources

Email: spresutti@connecticutmuseum.org
Phone: 860-236-5621 X 244

Yvette Soto

Buildings and Grounds Manager

Email: ysoto@connecticutmuseum.org
Phone: 860-236-5621 X 275

Beth Sweeney

Accounting Assistant / Welcome Desk Assistant

Email: bsweeney@connecticutmuseum.org
Phone: 860-236-5621 X 237

Christopher Temple

Director of Facilities and Security

Email: ctemple@connecticutmuseum.org
Phone: 860-236-5621 X 231

Jason Zammiello (Jay)

Senior Director of Accounting

Email: jzammiello@connecticutmuseum.org
Phone: 860-236-5621 X 226

Advancement

Christine Daniels

Member Relations Manager

Email: cdaniels@connecticutmuseum.org
Phone: 860-969-6089 x104

Lara Langer

Major Gifts Officer

Email: llanger@connecticutmuseum.org
Phone: 860-969-6089 x106

Jamie O'Brien

Chief Advancement Officer

Email: jobrien@connecticutmuseum.org
Phone: 860-969-6089 x101 

Jill Padelford

Development Services Manager

Email: jpadelford@connecticutmuseum.org
Phone: 860-969-6089 x102

Samantha Skeels

Marketing and Communications Manager

Email: sskeels@connecticutmuseum.org
Phone: 860-969-6089 x105

James Williams

Grants Manager

Email: jwilliams@connecticutmuseum.org
Phone: 860-969-6089 x103

Research & Collections

Rebecca Andrade

Collections Associate

Email: randrade@connecticutmuseum.org
Phone:860-236-5621 X 228/230

John Blodgett

Project Cataloguer

Email: jblodgett@connecticutmuseum.org
Phone: 860-236-5621 X 297

Chianna Calafiore

Collections Associate

Email: ccalafiore@connecticutmuseum.org
Phone: 860-236-5621 X 228

Kasey Calnan

Assistant Registrar

Email: kcalnan@connecticutmuseum.org
Phone: 860-236-5621 X 242

Tasha Caswell

Digitization Lab Manager

Email: tcaswell@connecticutmuseum.org
Phone: 860-236-5621 X 221

Sierra Dixon

Florence S. Marcy Crofut Manager of the Research Center

Email: sdixon@connecticutmuseum.org
Phone: 860-236-5621 X 247

Amy Hietala

Project Archivist and Manager for the American Revolution Papers Digitization Project

Email: ahietala@connecticutmuseum.org
Phone: 860-236-5621 X 297

Danielle Johnson

Research Center Assistant

Email: djohnson@connecticutmuseum.org
Phone: 860-236-5621 X 228/230

Karlyn Marcantonio

Research Center Assistant

Email: kmarcantonio@connecticutmuseum.org
Phone: 860-236-5621 X 228/230

Julia Morrow

Collections Associate

Email: jmorrow@connecticutmuseum.org
Phone: 860-236-5621 X 272

Kristina Oschmann

Research Center Assistant

Email: koschmann@connecticutmuseum.org
Phone: 860-236-5621 X 228/230

Elena Peters

Collections Associate

Email: epeters@connecticutmuseum.org
Phone: 860-236-5621 X 228/230

Kerri Provost

Cultural Sustainability Archive Project Assistant

Email: kprovost@connecticutmuseum.org
Phone: 860-236-5621 X 224

Andrea Rapacz

Chief Curator of Collections

Email: arapacz@connecticutmuseum.org
Phone: 860-236-5621 X 245

Andrea Slater

Florence S. Marcy Crofut Archivist

Email: aslater@connecticutmuseum.org
Phone: 860-236-5621 X 235

Molly Woods

Registrar

Email: mwoods@connecticutmuseum.org
Phone: 860-236-5621 X 259

Education

Rachel Beauchemin

Museum Educator

Email: rbeauchemin@connecticutmuseum.org
Phone: 860-236-5621 X 274

Natalie Belanger

Public Programs Manager

Email: nbelanger@connecticutmuseum.org
Phone: 860-236-5621 X 289

Jennifer Busa

Public Programs Coordinator

Email: jbusa@connecticutmuseum.org
Phone: 860-236-5621 X 282

Cheryl Cementina

Museum Educator

Email: ccementina@connecticutmuseum.org
Phone: 860-236-5621 X 241

Mya Concepcion

Museum Educator

Email: mconcepcion@connecticutmuseum.org
Phone: 860-236-5621 X 274

Rebecca Gavin (Becca)

Koopman Family Director of Education

Email: rgavin@connecticutmuseum.org
Phone: 860-236-5621 X 233

Rebecca Gross

Education Department Coordinator

Email: rgross@connecticutmuseum.org
Phone: 860-236-5621 X 232

Katerina Mazzacane

Youth and Family Programs Manager

Email: kmazzacane@connecticutmuseum.org
Phone: 860-236-5621 X 222

Taylor McClure

Museum Educator

Email: tmcclure@connecticutmuseum.org
Phone: 860-236-5621 X 274

Peter Moran

Civics Education for Connecticut Students Project Director

Email: pmoran@connecticutmuseum.org
Phone: n/a

Annie O’Brien

Museum Educator

Email: aobrien@connecticutmuseum.org
Phone: 860-236-5621 X 274

Christina Rewinski

Lead Museum Educator

Email: crewinski@connecticutmuseum.org
Phone: 860-236-5621 X 273

Corinne Swanson

School Programs Manager

Email: cswanson@connecticutmuseum.org
Phone: 860-236-5621 X 209

Cultural Sustainability

Kate Schramm

Director of Cultural Sustainability

Email: kschramm@connecticutmuseum.org
Phone: 860-236-5621 X 251

Philitha Stemplys-Cowdrey

Southern New England Apprenticeship Program Manager

Email: pstemplys-cowdrey@connecticutmuseum.org
Phone: 860-236-5621 X 201

Exhibitions

Katie Heidsiek

Director of Exhibitions

Email: kheidsiek@connecticutmuseum.org
Phone: 860-236-5621 X 276

Karen Li Miller

Research Historian

Email: kmiller@connecticutmuseum.org
Phone: 860-236-5621 X 218

Clare Nelson

Exhibit Developer

Email: cnelson@connecticutmuseum.org
Phone: 860-236-5621 X 294

Community History Project

Lyle Cairdeas

Community History Project Manager

Email: lcairdeas@connecticutmuseum.org
Phone: 860-236-5621 X 262

Abbie Cowan

Project Assistant

Email: acowan@connecticutmuseum.org
Phone: 860-236-5621 X 279

Cinthia Zuniga

Project Assistant

Email: czuniga@connecticutmuseum.org
Phone: 860-236-5621 X 229

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Location

One Elizabeth Street
Hartford CT, 06105

860.236.5621

 

Museum Hours:

Tuesday - Saturday 10 am - 5 pm, Thursday until 8 pm
Sunday 12 pm - 5 pm

Research Center Hours:

Tuesday-Saturday 12 pm - 5 pm, Thursday until 8 pm
Always by appointment only.