Scott Wands

Heritage Resource Center & Field Services Director
Connecticut Humanities Council
37 Broad Street
Middletown, CT 06457
(860) 685-7579

http://www.ctculture.org/chc/program_resources/hrc/

Scott manages the CHC's non-grant-funded services to Connecticut's cultural heritage community. The Heritage Resource Center (HRC) organizes and distributes current thinking and best practices in the museum field and includes both a lending library and comprehensive Web site. Scott also oversees the CHC’s field services offerings, including leadership forums, seminars, and workshops for museum professionals. Prior to joining the staff of the CHC in March of 2008, Scott worked for five years for Connecticut Landmarks as Assistant Curator of Education. A graduate of the Winterthur Program in Early American Culture at the University of Delaware (MA) and Amherst College (BA), Scott serves as Region 2 Chair for Awards and Membership for AASLH (RI, CT, NY, NJ) and is a former board member of the CT League of History Organizations.