MUSEUM SPOTLIGHT! Originally from Iowa, Caitlin Sharpe graduated with a B.A. in History and Minor in Anthropology from St. Catherine University in St. Paul, Minnesota. She then attended graduate school at the University of South Carolina in Columbia where she received a M.A. in Public History with a concentration in Museum Studies. After graduation, she was hired as the Visitor Services Manager at Historic Columbia. She moved to Colorado in May 2014 after being offered the position of Curatorial Assistant at the Aurora History Museum. For more than three and a half years, she assisted the curators of exhibits, collections, and education as well as served as the museum’s social media manager. As registrar, Caitlin will oversee collections care and management of the Colorado Springs Pioneers Museum’s three-dimensional objects and artifacts. MUSELETTER NOVEMBER 2017 | PG 5
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