Lauren Harlow

• Wrote and presented an education script to fifth graders regarding the Newlands Project at a community festival.
• Researched and wrote articles for the local newspaper utilizing archival sources.
• Developed training manuals for onboarding staff, Mailchimp, Past Perfect 5, opening/closing, etc.
• Started and managed the museum email system.

• Coordinated and planned the annual 2019 Artisan Festival which saw nearly 1,000 people.
• Executed the 2019 SAPLINGS Outreach Program to twenty Title 1 schools, an outreach program designed to educate kindergarteners on the concept of history using the most up-to-date Virginia Standards of Learning.
• Conducted guided educational tours and managed various public events, such as "Free-Fun-Saturdays," field trips, holiday programs, and weddings.

• Scanned and filed 13 pages/hr within 150 hr. internship working on the museum's "Out of the Ashes Project," a collection of 50,000 burned documents pertaining to St. Luke’s 1950’s Restoration.
• Preserved and copied documents damaged by fire, water, humidity, acid, and poor care.
• Led fourth grade field trip program, "Beyond Artifacts: Exploring Colonial Virginia."

• Conducted research projects using artifacts and primary sources.
• Wrote affiliating blog posts that educated the public and kept the museum audience abreast about its seventeenth-century site.
• Categorized and organized Museum Research Library for staff and volunteer usage.
• Updated collections archive in Past Perfect 5 database.

Master of Arts, History, North American track (in progress)

Magna Cum Laude