I spent most of the last decade working for Boston's city historical society, but since 2010 I've been an independent curator. I study city museums, consult to city museums, and try to figure out how to turn them into meaningful, dynamic places that deliver increased public value. At various points my research has been sponsored by the Fulbright Program (in Helsinki, Finland) and the John Nicholas Brown Center for Public Humanities at Brown University. I also teach in the graduate museum studies program at Tufts University.