Welcome Reception for new Chief Curator Ilene Frank

We invite you to meet the newest member of the CMCH leadership team, Ilene J. Frank, who has begun her tenure as Chief Curator and Director of Collections and Education.  Ilene most recently served as executive director of the Rensselaer County Historical Society in Troy, N.Y. Bringing a holistic perspective of historical organizations to the job, she also oversaw exhibitions, programs and collections as associate director at the Schenectady Museum and Suits-Bueche Planetarium (now the Museum of Innovation and Science, or MiSci) in Schenectady, N.Y. Ilene is a graduate of the Cooperstown Graduate Program, one of the oldest and most distinguished history museum studies programs in the nation. Please come for an informal opportunity to meet Ilene over a glass of wine and appetizers after our special presentation by Brock Jobe on CMCH’s wonderful furniture collection.

Thursday, October 15

7:00 – 8:00 pm
(immediately following Connecticut Decorative Arts: A Presentation by Brock Jobe)

One Elizabeth Street, Hartford, CT

Please RSVP by October 12 to rsvp@chs. org or call (860) 236-5621 x238.