Teaching Ancient Egypt in Museums (ePub)

Jen Thum is Associate Director of Academic Engagement and Campus Partnerships and Research Curator at the Harvard Art Museums at Harvard University. Her work sits at the intersection of museum pedagogy and Egyptology. Jen is committed to celebrating the learning potential of art and artifacts for students and the public alike.

Carl Walsh is a curatorial assistant at the Institute for the Study of the Ancient World at New York University and former postdoctoral fellow at the Barnes Foundation in Philadelphia. He is an archaeologist specializing in ancient Nubia and cross-cultural interactions in the Mediterranean, western Asia, and North Africa during the Bronze Age.

Lissette M. Jiménez is Assistant Professor in the Museum Studies Program and Faculty Curator of the Ancient Mediterranean at the Global Museum at San Francisco State University. She is an archaeologist specializing in ancient Egypt and a museum professional who has curated exhibits and conducted extensive archival research on archaeological legacy collections of the ancient Mediterranean.

Lisa Saladino Haney is an Assistant Curator at Carnegie Museum of Natural History. She has a PhD in Egyptology from the University of Pennsylvania and an MA in Ancient Near Eastern and Egyptian Studies with a concentration in Museum Studies from New York University. She has excavated in Egypt and Oman and enjoys developing engaging experiences for visitors that help them think about ancient Egypt from new perspectives.