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The E-Sylum: Volume 7, Number 14, April 4, 2004, Article 6
MUDD NAMED ANA MUSEUM CURATOR
From the organization's press release: American Numismatic
Association Executive Director, Christopher Cipoletti, surprised
and delighted the ribbon cutting audience when he announced
the hiring of a new employee during opening ceremonies of the
ANA's National Money Show in Portland, Oregon, March
26."I am pleased to announce the ANA has filled an important
job opening, and this will be wonderful for the entire hobby.
Douglas Mudd, who has served as Manager of the National
Numismatic Collection at The Smithsonian Institution since
1991, will be joining the ANA Money Museum in Colorado
Springs as our curator later this spring," Cipoletti told the
crowd."He brings impressive numismatic education and credentials
to his new position at ANA headquarters. Doug Mudd has
been responsible for the care, storage and security of 1.6
million items in the Smithsonian's numismatic collection. He
has extensive knowledge about museum data entry, cataloging,
numismatic photography, research and of course, creation of
exhibits. The ANA Board of Governors is elated he is joining
the ANA team. Of course, I am, too!"While at the Smithsonian, Mudd developed a digital image
database of more than 3,500 objects and created web pages
for the National Numismatic Collection. Based on his extensive
experience in cataloging and Internet programming, more of
the ANA museum's collection is expected to be available for
online viewing and study in the months ahead.Mudd was one of the Portland convention's scheduled
Numismatic Theatre speakers, discussing money and
sovereignty, on Saturday, March 27, and earlier shared his
expertise by teaching ANA Summer Seminar courses on the
topic, "Numismatics for the Museum Professional." Mudd's
expertise will be used again in the "Numismatics for the
Museum Professional" course at this year's ANA Summer
Seminar.An international relations graduate of the College of William
and Mary, he has taken post graduate American history
classes at George Mason University and a class on ancient
Greek coinage at the Department of Agriculture Graduate
School.Mudd also was a student at four ANA Summer Seminar
courses between 1993 and 2001: Coinage of the Ancient
World, Advanced Coinage of the Ancient World, Oriental
Coinage, and Early British Coinage.His experience in creating exhibits includes traditional types
of displays, interactive computer exhibits and online
presentations. Mudd recently completed work on two
interactive computer stations in the National Numismatic
Collection exhibit hall that incorporated over 300 coins with
text and images. He also worked on the Money & Sovereignty
exhibit that opens in April 2004 at the International Monetary
Fund Center in Washington, D.C.Mudd has wide ranging experience cataloging coins, and has
authored numerous educational brochures. His numismatic
photography has appeared in many journals and books,
including "Life in Republican Rome on its Coinage," by Elvira
Clain Stefanelli.His first duties at the ANA Money Museum will include
work on the museum's exhibit schedule. Mudd will also
continue work on online access to the museum collection,
and generating new museum donations and acquisitions.For additional information about the ANA and the ANA
Money Museum, contact the American Numismatic
Association, 818 N. Cascade Ave., Colorado Springs,
CO 80903. Phone: (719) 632 2646.
Online: ANA"- 2004-04-04
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