Michael Mae
New Orleans,LA
Summary
Detail-oriented team player with strong organizational skills. Ability to handle multiple projects simultaneously with a high degree of accuracy.
Overview
17
17
years of professional experience
Work History
Visitor Services/Public Historian
The Historic New Orleans Collection
08.2019 - Current
- Provide information on special exhibits to visitors by responding to queries, identifying important features and offering more information.
- Perform customer service and collect visitor data information and statistics through museum's enterprise software application called "Tessitura."
- Conduct historical research and report writing about a specific work of art or object on display in the museum's galleries. This assignment is due annually.
- Researched and created historic guide for Visitor Services Department called "A Historic Guide on Development of Creole Building Traditions in the French Quarter." Dr. Libby Neidenbach is diligently reviewing and editing this guide.
Architectural Conservation/Preservation Consultant
Steven Chestnut (Private Homeowner)
08.2021 - Current
- Restoring 1820s Creole townhouse with carriageway at 1413 Chartres Street in Marigny, New Orleans for client, Steven Chestnut
- Duties are as follows: Sanding and refinishing historical wood restoration components, such as window and door casings, 18th century yellow pine floorboards etc.
- Installation of bathroom wall tiles, floors, and other conservation projects
- Restoration of lower and upper window sashes, doors, replacement of glass panes and ripped screens
- Cut and installed drywall panels to specific dimensions for interior walls and ceilings.
- Plastering walls and ceilings using variety of materials including gypsum, stucco, fiberglass, joint compound etc.
Architectural Historian/Conservation Associate
Boston National Parks/African Museum Of History
07.2017 - 05.2019
- Held regular talks and discussions at African Meeting House about Anti-Slavery Movement and history of 19th century African American neighborhood in North Slope of Beacon Hill.
- Conducted historic weekly tours of the "Black Heritage Trail," Boston's first free Black neighborhood, located in North Slope neighborhood of Beacon Hill.
- Researched, and produced curriculum-based program for academics and school age students. Program was called, "Black Migration to and within Boston, 1865-1970; and it was presented to the Museum of African-American History of Boston, and Boston National Park Service.
Architectural Historian/Project Manager
Earth Search, Inc.
11.2006 - 06.2017
- Knowledge of history and architectural styles of architecture in Louisiana, Southeast, and New England, Northeast.
- Successfully conducted architectural field survey and historical research on more than 25,000 historic structures and landmarks in local and national historic districts of New Orleans and surrounding areas to determine their potential eligibility for National Register of Historic Places.
- Digital images were captured of nineteenth-century structures that served as warehouses. National World War II Museum in New Orleans had owned these historic storage buildings. Also, measurement drawings, and documentation of old "Jackson Barracks" were conducted.
- Carried out historical research, prepared technical report writings, photographed, and researched over old records, reports, and building plans.
- Familiar with preservation-related laws, rules, and regulations.
Education
Master of Arts - Architectural History And Preservation Studies
Tulane University School of Architecture
New Orleans, LA06.2009
Bachelor of Arts - History And Architectural Studies
University of South Carolina - Columbia
Columbia, SC05.1994
Skills
- Archival Research and Building Survey and Documentation
- Field Investigations and Building Assessment
- Knowledge of United States and World History
- Microsoft Office Suite
- Historical Data Analysis
- Project Proposals
- Public Speaking and Presentation
- Geographic Information Systems
- Section 106 of National Historic Preservation Act
- NEPA and NHPA Technical Report Writing
- Measured Drawings and Digital Photography of Historic Structures and Landmarks
- Project and Disaster Management
- Building Conservation
Timeline
Architectural Conservation/Preservation Consultant
Steven Chestnut (Private Homeowner)
08.2021 - Current
Visitor Services/Public Historian
The Historic New Orleans Collection
08.2019 - Current
Architectural Historian/Conservation Associate
Boston National Parks/African Museum Of History
07.2017 - 05.2019
Architectural Historian/Project Manager
Earth Search, Inc.
11.2006 - 06.2017
Master of Arts - Architectural History And Preservation Studies
Tulane University School of Architecture
Bachelor of Arts - History And Architectural Studies
University of South Carolina - Columbia
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