ERIC CHAMPIGNY

Versatile professional with significant experience in writing, education, and manufacturing. Exceptional organizational, communication, and production skills. High attention to detail and methodical in process

• 5th Maine Museum, Peaks Island, ME, Artifact Consultant/Guest Curator, 04/2014, Present, Curated exhibit on Civil War weapons and ordnance, titled "Terrible Swift Sword"., Identify and catalogue Civil War military artifacts, including weapons, uniforms, and accoutrements., Provide appraisal services and conservation methods for the museum collection., Wrote article on the museum and its collection, published in North South Trader's Civil War Magazine, the only magazine dedicated to Civil War collections and relic collecting.
• Springfield Armory Museum, Springfield, MA, Assistant Archivist/Interpreter, 01/2009, 06/2009, Survey and process historical collections and documents., Online study of historical interpretation with the Eppley Institute of Parks and Public Lands.
• Old Sturbridge Village, Sturbridge, MA, Historical Interpreter, Summer 2008, Provided costumed demonstrations to visitors on early 19th century American pottery craft, including turning authentic pottery using a kick wheel., Researched 19th century kiln construction techniques to aid in the restoration of the village's reproduction bottle kiln.

• "Relics of the Forest City Regiment." North South Trader's Civil War, vol. 39-1, 2015
• "Eagle of the 9th Maine." North South Trader's Civil War, vol. 41-5, 2020
• "Terrible Swift Sword: Civil War Weapons and Ordnance." A permanent exhibit curated for the Fifth Maine Museum, Peaks Island, Maine