Curriculum Vitae
Rosemary Troy Krill
Work Contact
Curator of Education
Director, Visitor Service Department
Winterthur Museum & Country Estate
Winterthur , Delaware 19735
302.888.4637
302.888.4953 fax
rkrill@winterthur.org

Professional Experience

1988-present: Winterthur Museum & Country Estate, Winterthur, Delaware

2001-present Director, Visitor Service Department, Public Programs Division
Supervise the daily operations for visitors, including museum tour program, garden tour program, visitor reservations, visitor reception and ticketing, and the institutional volunteer program (approx. 400 volunteers); approximately 16 full- time and 120 part-time employees and approximately 40 regularly-assigned volunteers; budget of $1,250,000 per year

Special project: Historic Houses of Odessa, historic properties owned by Winterthur in Odessa, DE; supervised visitor service from January, 2001, until c. January, 2002; supervised all operations from c. January, 2003, until February, 2005; was staff manager of change process that resulted in the transfer of the five historic properties in Odessa, DE, to a new foundation, Historic Odessa Foundation; included developing a request for proposal, recommending a consultant to the board committee, and managing the consultation project with Winterthur staff, the board committee, the town of Odessa, and local and state officials.

7/1999-2000 Acting Director, Education, Public Programs, and Visitor Service Division
Supervised museum tours, school and family programs, visitor service, and group marketing functions; prepared budget for FY2001 in the range of $1,600,000.

1995-2000 Curator of Education, Education, Public Programs, and Visitor Service Division
Responsible for continuing education programs for adults, programmatic access for people with disabilities, and supervision of interpretive staff; in conjunction with five program assistants and full-time guides, continuing education programs have grew from three to over 19 special programs, including programs for upper level contributor groups, such as Collectors Circle and Friends of Winterthur; responsible for a budget in the range of $350,000 with a net revenue in the range of $75,000 to $80,000 per year.

1992-1995 Associate Curator of Education
Supervised outreach programs to school and senior centers; supervised approximately 20 part-time interpreters; developed curriculum for and supervised special subject tour training

1988-1992 Project assistant
Worked on project, funded by the National Endowment for the Humanities, to produce Handbook for Winterthur Interpreters, used since 1992 as a training tool for Winterthur’s interpretive staff and as a textbook in Winter Institute, a three-week graduate level course about decorative arts; published in 2001 by Alta Mira Press (California) in conjunction with the American Association for State and Local History as Early American Decorative Arts: A Handbook for Interpreters, written with Pauline K. Eversmann

1982-1988 Consultant in museum education; projects included
Eckley Miners’ Village and Anthracite Museum Complex, Weatherly, PA
Brandywine Battlefield State Park, Chadds Ford, PA
The Historical Society of York County, York, PA

1978-1982 The Hagley Museum, Wilmington, DE
1980-1982 Director of Interpretation
1978-1980 School Program Coordinator

1974-1978 The Monmouth County Historical Association, Freehold, NJ, Education Director

Publications:
Krill, Rosemary T. and Pauline K. Eversmann. Early American Decorative Arts, 1620-1860: A Handbook for Interpreters. Walnut Creek, CA: Alta Mira Press, published in cooperation with Winterthur, 2001.
Krill, Rosemary T. “Antiques 101: Introduction to Styles, The Empire Style.” Winterthur Magazine Spring, 2000: 38-40.
__________. “Antiques 101: Introduction to Styles, Chippendale.” Winterthur Magazine Fall, 1999: 28-30
__________. “Inspirations: The Great Estate: Fall Program Explores Grand American Homes.” Winterthur Magazine Fall, 1999: 19
__________. “Antiques 101: An Introduction to Styles, William & Mary.” Winterthur Magazine Spring, 1999: 20-21
__________. “Ceramics in America: Conference Traces the History of this Most Versatile Material.” Winterthur Magazine Winter, 1998-1999: 40-41.
__________. “Warm Winter Glow: Guild Seminar Spotlights the Newly-Lit Period Rooms.” Winterthur Magazine Winter, 1998-1999: 27.
__________. “Focus on Philadelphia Rococo.” Winterthur Magazine Fall, 1998: 13-14.
__________. “The Latest on Fakes.” Winterthur Magazine Fall, 1998: 24.
__________. “On Collecting: Prints of America: Niagara Falls.” Winterthur Magazine Winter, 1997-1998: 32-33.
__________. “ Winterthur Conference Preview: Past Racial and Ethnic Experiences Revealed Through Objects.” Winterthur Magazine Fall, 1997:16-17.
Eversmann, Pauline K., and Rosemary T. Krill, Edwina Michael, Beth A. Twiss-Garrity, Tracey Rae Beck. “Material Culture as Text: Review and Reform of the Literacy Model for Interpretation,” in Material Culture: The Shape of the Field. Edited by Ann Smart Martin and J. Ritchie Garrison. Winterthur, Delaware: Henry Francis du Pont, Winterthur Museum, 1997.
__________. “Working Toward Effective Guiding.” The Museologist Spring, 1984: 12-16.
__________. “Museum Management: Shedding Some Light on Common Problems.” The Museologist Spring, 1979: 17. This article describes attending a one-week seminar co- sponsored by General Electric and the Institute of Museum Services. Participants were selected competitively from the mid-Atlantic region.
 

Lectures and Presentations
2006 April 28 Panel chair, “The Price Is Right? Admission Fees for Tomorrow’s Museums”
Session proposal accepted for American Association of Museums Annual Meeting, Boston, MA

2004 April 30 Panel participant, “Get Your Ticket Here! Selecting and Implementing the Right Ticketing System for Your Organization”
American Association of Museums Annual Meeting, New Orleans, LA

2003 November 24 Presentation, “Excellence in Interpretation”
The Peabody Essex Museum, Salem, MA

2003 April 28 Presentation, “The Perfect Getaway, the Perfect Vacation: Interpreting Decorative Arts Objects for Museum Visitors”
Lecture and interactive workshop for docents
Wadsworth Athenaeum Museum of Art, Hartford, CT

2002 November 18 Presentation, “American Style: Connecting Decorative Arts, Painting, and Sculpture”
Lecture and interactive workshop for docents

The 2002 Regional Docent Symposium: “The Search for American Style.”
Portland Museum of Art, Portland, ME

2002 March 11 Panelist, “Learning for Grown Ups: How do You Reach College, Career, and Other Adult Audiences”
Virginia Association of Museums Annual Conference, Virginia Beach, VA

2001 November 8 Presentation, “Rethinking the Story”
“Telling the Story: Best Practices for Historic House Museum Interpretation”
McFaddin-Ward House Museum Conference, Beaumont, TX

1998 October 29 Panelist, “Re-Inventing a Culture: Restructuring an Interpreter Program”
New England Museums Association Annual Meeting, Burlington VT

1994 November 16 Leader, “Continuing Education for Guides: A Model and Discussion” Workshop
Mid-Atlantic Association of Museums Annual Meeting, Annapolis, MD

1980 June 14 Presentation, “Museum/School Relations: Establishing Contacts with Schools”
Association of Living Historical Farms, Sturbridge, MA

1980 October 23 Panel chair, “Positive Planning for Double-Digit Inflation”
Northeast Museums Conference Annual Meeting, Pittsburgh, PA

1979 May Panel participant, “From Co-existence to Collaboration within the Museum”
American Association of Museums Annual Meeting, Cleveland, OH

Experience with Teaching and Students
2001 Spring Admissions Committee, Winterthur Program in Early American Culture
Assisted in selecting WPEAC Class of 2003

1996-2001 Director of Winter Institute, Winterthur’s three-week course about decorative arts; marketed program, selected approximately 30 participants per year, developed curriculum, selected and hired guest speakers, supervised logistics of program, developed and met revenue goals

1994-1996 Special Subject Tour (SST) training for Winterthur interpreters; Developed and managed two-week intensive courses for approximately 5- 10 participants, to prepare to guide special tours or become trainers of other guides

1994 Interpretation SST training
1994 Metals: iron, pewter, copper, brass
1995 Needlework
1995-96 Rugs
1981 Member of committee of Brandywine Region Museum Education Roundtable which developed and presented a graduate-level course, in cooperation with the School of Education and Department of Museum Studies, University of Delaware; course was cross-listed as EDD 667/MS 667: “Museums in Curriculum Planning”
1979-present Supervised interns from various graduate programs both at The Hagley Museum and at Winterthur; internships usually lasted one semester; 1979 - Gail Dennis, Winterthur Program in Early American Culture
1992 - Annette Rineer Tighe, Pennsylvania State University
1995 - Lori Davis, The University of the Arts
1996,97 - Kristina Sumption, Colgate University (undergraduate; two successive summers)
1996-98 - Susie Kilpatrick, Winterthur Program in Early American Culture (staff liaison for Susie)
1997 - Cecilia Howard, Bucks County Community College
1997 - Leslie Cook, Parsons School of Design/Smithsonian Institution
1998 - Lisa Porter, Winterthur Program in Early American Culture
2000 - Kenneth Cohen, Winterthur Program in Early American Culture
2000 - Jennifer Owens, Winterthur Program in Early American Culture
2005-6 - Katie Beckham, Winterthur Program in Early American Culture

Professional Memberships :
American Association of Museums, Education Standing Professional Committee Member, Representative from mid-Atlantic region, 1980-82;
Chair, Education Planning Committee for 1982 AAM Annual Meeting, Philadelphia, PA; Visitor Service Professional Interest Committee, Member, Co-Chair, 2005-present.

American Association for State and Local History, Chair for Delaware, Awards Program, 2004-present.

Mid-Atlantic Association of Museums (formerly Northeast Museums Conference), Education Committee 1979-81 .

Museums Council of Philadelphia

Mid-Atlantic TMVista Users’ Group (TMVista is a museum ticketing database.), Hosted annual meeting at Winterthur, 2004

Education :

M. A., University of Delaware, Newark, Delaware; American history, certificate in museum studies; Hagley Fellowship; 1974

B. A., Trinity College, Washington, D. C.; American history and literature; magna cum laude; Phi Beta Kappa; 1972

Selected Community Volunteer Work:
1986-present Union Park Gardens Neighborhood Association, Wilmington, DE; Member, newsletter committee, Member, committee for John Nolen Day, October 1, 2005, a celebration of Union Park Gardens town planner, on the occasion of the republication of his influential 1927 book, New Towns for Old, Amherst, MA: University of Massachusetts Press in association with the Library of American Landscape History, 2005; wrote a walking tour pamphlet of Union Park Gardens for the occasion

2003-2005 Historic Commission, Odessa, DE, From July 28, 2003, until January 24, 2005, represented the Historic Houses of Odessa on this town commission.