COLLECTIONS: COMMUNITY AND DOMESTIC LIFE

ABOUT THE CURATOR

Beatrice Hulsberg , Curator

AT THE MUSEUM
I manage the collection utilizing standard museum practices in collecting and researching objects, negotiating loans to other institutions and evaluating the conservation needs of the artifacts. As a curator, I care for the artifacts in the collection: identifying, cataloguing, researching – making sure that they are stored in the proper materials and the correct manner so that future generations will be able to see and learn from them.

One area of research interest is the late eighteenth century decorated conductor head, a funnel that joins the rain gutter of a roof to the downspout. These were practical ordinary roofing objects that people sometimes chose to enhance with designs of stars and eagles in the early years of the republic.

Click on the thumbnails below to view details of some downspouts.

EDUCATION
B.A., Humanities, The Pennsylvania State University, Capitol Campus, 1977
M.A., American Studies, The Pennsylvania State University,
A Capital College, 1993

CONTACT BEATRICE HULSBERG
bhulsberg@state.pa.us

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