Geoffrey Giglierano Named New Executive Director of the Bolduc House Museum in Ste. Genevieve, Missouri

October 28, 2016, St. Louis, Missouri…The Bolduc House Museum – a restored late-18th century French colonial house that was preserved in the 1950s as a museum by the National Society of Colonial Dames in the State of Missouri – has announced the appointment of Geoffrey Giglierano as its new Executive Director. Giglierano, former director of the Missouri Humanities Council and an independent museum and non-profit consultant in St. Louis, succeeds Lesley Barker, who stepped down to focus on completing her doctorate with the University of Leicester, in the United Kingdom

Rowena Van Dyke, President of the NSCDA-MO expressed great enthusiasm for the appointment of Geoff, “to lead us during this exciting expansion and promotion of our museum properties. With Geoff's many talents, assisted ably by Robbie Pratte, Manager of Operations, we look forward to a dynamic future in Ste. Genevieve.”

Mr. Giglierano qualifications for the position include a B.A. degree in art history/American history and M.A. in American urban history from the University of Cincinnati, and more than three decades of “on the job” experience as an educator, exhibit planner, curator, fundraiser and administrator in a wide variety of museums and historic sites. Places he has worked range from the Mashantucket Pequot Tribal Museum in Connecticut to the New York City Fire Museum, where he served as Director at the time of the 9/11 attacks. That experience with FDNY provided Mr. Giglierano with a unique and very personal perspective about the importance of preserving and sharing stories that help us understand who we are as a nation and what we can accomplish with through courage and cooperation.

Some of his projects have included participation in the planning and creation of new museums such as the Cincinnati Fire Museum, the Cincinnati History Museum, the Clark County (Ohio) Heritage Center, the New York State Military Museum, the National Museum of the United States Army, and the Cape Girardeau Heritage Hall. He has been involved in projects that cover a variety of cultural and historical topics that include the history of architecture, industry and technology, military history, urban planning and growth, and immigration in America. In addition to his experience in traditional aspects of museum operations, during the last decade Mr. Giglierano has been directly involved with collaborative experiments in the use of new technology, such as 3-D online immersive learning environments. In connection with this work, a chapter on museums in virtual worlds written by Mr. Giglierano was included in a recently published scholarly anthology, Teaching and Learning in Virtual Environments: Archives, Museum, and Libraries.

About the Bolduc House Museum

The Louis Bolduc House Museum is located in historic Ste. Genevieve, Missouri, which was founded in the mid-18th century by French Canadian colonists and was the first permanent European settlement west of the Mississippi River. Owned and operated by the National Society of the Colonial Dames in America in the State of Missouri, the Bolduc House and its affiliated sites (The Bolduc-LeMeilleur House, the Beauvais-Linden House, and the Jean-Baptist Vallé House), are open daily except on major holidays.

For more information contact:

Bolduc House Museum, 125 S Main St., Ste. Genevieve, MO 63670

Phone: 573-883-3105

Web: https://www.BolducHouse.org

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Bolduc-House-Museum-42942974051/