Friends Event: Preview of Virtual Exhibition, Dr. Franklin, Citizen Scientist

Friends of the APS please join us via Zoom on Tuesday, December 15, at 1:00 p.m. EST for a preview of the virtual exhibition Dr. Franklin, Citizen Scientist with exhibition lead curator Dr. Janine Boldt. Franklin has long been celebrated for his ingenuity, and in this spirit, the APS Museum is pleased to share a behind-the-scenes look at what it took to transform an exhibition designed for the physical gallery in historic Philosophical Hall to a virtual tour accessible anywhere in the world. Our gathering will include ample opportunity for Q&A. We hope you will mark your calendar and join us!

Janine Yorimoto Boldt received her PhD in American Studies from William & Mary in 2018. Her NEH CARES project is a virtual exhibition and catalogue of the APS exhibition Dr. Franklin, Citizen Scientist, the exhibition for which she was the lead curator as the 2018-2020 Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Postdoctoral Curatorial Fellow. Her current book project investigates the political function and development of portraiture in colonial Virginia and, in collaboration with the Omohundro Institute of Early American History & Culture, she recently launched the interactive database Colonial Virginia Portraits.