2025-2026 EDITORS
Hailey Robbins
Hi everyone! My name is Hailey and I am a second year student in the History and Museum Studies program. I am also the Curator & Development Director of the Gibson House Museum in Boston’s Back Bay and the Site Manager for the Royall House & Slave Quarters in Medford. In case you couldn’t tell, I LOVE historic house museums. I am originally from New Hampshire, and graduated from the University of Virginia in 2023 with a B.A. in History and English. Throughout my time in the museum field, I have been lucky to work at some incredible historical sites and museums, including St. Giles’ Cathedral in Edinburgh, Scotland, the Gibbes Museum of Art in Charleston, South Carolina, the Wenham Museum on the North Shore, the USS Albacore Museum in Portsmouth, NH, Fort Ticonderoga, and Historic New England.
In my free time, I love to draw (badly), craft, junk journal, dance, read, visit museums (shocker), and spend time with my family and friends. I make sure to visit a museum (often a historic house museum) just about everywhere I go. If you have any suggestions, let me know! I am always happy to talk art, history, museums, and anything in between.
Ava Beisenstein
Welcome to the blog! It’s so nice to meet you. I’m a second year MA student in Museum Education. With a degree in archaeological anthropology from the University of California, San Diego, I have a special interest in archaeology and culture museums. I’m passionate about exhibit design, working to decolonize museums and collections, and supporting cultural revitalization and repatriation efforts with Indigenous communities. My professional experiences include specializing in marine archaeology at the St. Augustine Lighthouse and Maritime Museum, working with local history collections at the Milwaukee County Historical Society, and completing research and fieldwork in Achoma, Peru.
As a Wisconsin native, I love all things cheese, Great Lakes, and Packers (GO PACK GO!). In addition to archaeology, my background in marine science instilled in me a passion for science communication and a love for oceans and aquariums. When I’m not wandering museums, you can find me throwing frisbees or mastering the culinary arts (learning to cook).
2024-2025 EDITORS
Lauryn Weigold, MA Museum Education 2025
Nick Nemeth, MA Art History and Museum Studies 2025
Sam Snow, MA Museum Education 2025