Museum studies alumni lecture set Nov. 4

9:49 a.m., Oct. 25, 2005--The seventh annual lecture for alumni of UD’s museum studies program is set for 2-3:30 p.m., Friday, Nov. 4, in 202 Old College.

Titled “Enriching Interpretation by Involving Community: How Community Engagement Has Helped Bring History to Life at the Mill at Anselma,” the lecture will feature guest speaker Heather Parmenter Reiffer, director of The Mill at Anselma, in Chester Springs, Pa., and a museum studies alumna.

Reiffer has served as executive director for the Mill at Anselma Preservation and Educational Trust since February 2002 and supervised the $1 million restoration of the mill, a National Historic Registry landmark.

Before assuming her position at the mill, Reiffer served as senior program associate for the Heritage Investment Program of The Pew Charitable Trusts, an initiative that has provided technical assistance and grant funds to historic sites in the Philadelphia region since 1998. Reiffer received her master's in American history and her certificate in museum studies in 1997.

For more information on this lecture, call (302) 831-1251.

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