Welcome back to Season 2 of the podcast! In this episode, Peter sits down with Bates alumna and former museum intern Ashleigh Coren, ’07. She now works as the Head of Education for the Smithsonian American Women’s History Initiative in Washington, D.C. Topics include the often windy path to a museum career, what it means to work at a museum without a building, and the Gray Panthers.

Please check out the links below for more on the Smithsonian American Women’s History Museum and the Smithsonian podcast, Sidedoor:

https://womenshistory.si.edu/

https://www.si.edu/sidedoor