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Scottish Rite Masonic Museum & Library – Staff

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Executive

Richard V. Travis
Richard V. TravisExecutive Director

As Executive Director, Dick manages the 88,000 square-foot museum, its budgets and personnel. He draws on a well-developed professional background, having served in private industry for over 40 years. In addition, Dick interfaces with the Board of Directors presenting them with financial information as well as status updates of ongoing projects, exhibitions, and acquisitions to our collections.

Collections & Exhibitions

Hilary Anderson Stelling
Hilary Anderson StellingDirector

Hilary oversees collections and exhibitions. At the museum since 2000, she has curated exhibitions on topics ranging from Masonic decorative arts and neon signs to colonial history and contemporary photography. She is a graduate of the University of California, Berkeley and the Winterthur Program in Early American Culture. Hilary writes for the Museum’s Blog and contributed to the publication Curiosities of the Craft: Treasures for the Grand Lodge of Massachusetts Collection. If you would like to make a donation to the collection or have questions about exhibitions or collections, please get in touch.

Maureen Harper
Maureen HarperCollections Manager

Maureen manages the physical care of the Museum’s collection, which includes maintaining appropriate housing and storage. Maureen also coordinates all object conservation. She maintains the collections management database (MIMSY XG), which includes information on every object, such as title, maker, place made, date made, location, and photographs. When an object is used in an exhibition, Maureen prepares and supervises installation of the object in the museum galleries. If an object is borrowed by another museum for exhibition, she supervises proper packing, safe transportation and careful display at the borrowing institution.

Ymelda Rivera Laxton
Ymelda Rivera LaxtonAssistant Curator

Ymelda Rivera Laxton focuses on all aspects of digitizing the museum’s collections and making them accessible online. She researches and writes about artifacts in the collection and shares those stories through her contributions to the museum’s online publications and Masonic journals and magazines. She has a B.A. in History from St. Mary’s University in San Antonio, Texas, and a M.A. in Museum Studies from the University of Washington in Seattle, WA.

Michael Rizzo
Michael RizzoMuseum Designer

Michael is responsible for the design and installation of all exhibitions in the museum’s galleries and public spaces. He also designs the graphics relating to the exhibitions and public information. A graduate of Rutgers University, Michel also holds a certificate in Museum Training from The Newark Museum. He has more than thirty years’ experience in exhibition design and has worked for some of the largest art museums in the country and at the Scottish Rite Masonic Museum & Library for 17 years.

Facility Rental/Functions

Patti Callahan
Patti CallahanFunctions Manager

Patti has planned hundreds of events at the museum. She works with clients of all kinds ranging from corporations, small businesses, and private groups. She has grown the functions department tremendously, effortlessly handling an array of events including annual meetings, business seminars, weddings, and dance recitals. She has been with the museum since 2000.

Tracey Callahan
Tracey CallahanAsst. Functions Manager & Front Desk Receptionist

For more than seven years, Tracey brings a can-do attitude to her job whether she is arranging a corporate function for hundreds or greeting families at the front desk. Where ever Tracey is needed, she’s there to help.

Finance

Bruce Work
Bruce WorkDirector

Bruce joined the Museum & Library staff in 2013. In addition to assisting with budget preparation and monthly expense reconciliation, he also coordinates project bid documentation and implementation. Additional responsibilities include scheduling the filming of our video “infomercials” being produced about the Museum & Library staff, exhibitions and collections.

Library & Archives

Jeff Croteau
Jeff CroteauDirector of Library & Archives

Jeff Croteau is the Museum’s librarian. He is the Director of the Library & Archives and is responsible for all aspects of the library’s functions, which include acquiring books and periodicals, cataloging books, and providing reference services. He also frequently writes about the library’s collection for the Museum’s blog and The Northern Light, the quarterly magazine of Scottish Rite Masonry in America. He earned his Master of Library Science (M.L.S.) degree from Queens College in New York and Master of Arts (M.A.) in English from the University of New Hampshire.

John Coelho
John CoelhoArchivist

John Coelho is the Museum’s archivist. He is responsible for all aspects of the archives’ functions, which include acquiring archival items and collections, cataloging collections, and providing reference services related to the archives. He has a Master of Science in Library & Information Science (M.S.) from Simmons College in Boston and a Master of Arts (M.A.) in History from Providence College in Providence, RI.

Public Relations

Linda Patch
Linda PatchDirector of Communications

Linda has been with the museum & library since 1990. She has a broad background in non-profit and corporate public relations, marketing, and communications. Linda is responsible for media relations, promotional and fundraising publications, online outreach and social media efforts.

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