2015 Leadership Roundtable
Behind the Scenes at the Hearst Museum
This behind-the-scenes look at the Phoebe A. Hearst Museum of Anthropology was held at the Regatta Facility at the Richmond Field Station where the museum’s collections are stored. After the panel discussion, guests had the opportunity to tour the collections.
Head of Collections
Victoria Bradshaw has been with the museum since 1997, overseeing the collections, conservation, and registration activities of its three million objects.
Research Anthropologist
Ira Jacknis’s research specialties include the arts and cultures of the Native peoples of western North America, museums, modes of ethnographic representation (especially photography, film, and sound recording), and the history of anthropology.
Conservator
Jane Williams has served as a conservator at the museum for 10 years. Williams has a particular interest in preventive conservation as well as materials and techniques of Asian lacquer and ancient paintings.