New Executive Director coming to Philip J. Currie Dinosaur Museum

“For the last two years, all I’ve heard from friends, collogues and people in and around the area – as far as Drumheller, actually – is an appreciation for this museum. It is a gem,” says Roberts.

Roberts explains one of the things that makes the museum unique is its bone bed which allows visitors to take part in paleontology.

Roberts will be bringing plenty of experience with her, as she has worked a range of jobs from exhibition design to project management. She has also worked in museums such as the Ontario Science Centre, Royal Alberta Museum, the Chicago Museum of Science and Industry, the Canadian Museum for Human Rights, Body Worlds, and We The Curious in Bristol, England.

“I’ve always been involved in museums. My whole career has been around museums. When I visited the Ontario Science Centre when it first opened – the one thing I do remember is going up the escalator with my parents saying ‘I want to work here when I grow up,’ and sure enough, that was my first job out of university as an exhibit designer.”

Once she steps into her new role, Roberts plans to be involved with the community to keep a strong connection with the people of the Peace Region and the museum.

“The community will start to inform where we go with this museum as much as myself. What I bring is the possibility, and what they bring is what they want and need from this museum, and really, I will be a facilitator of that experience.”

The museum will be open to feedback which Roberts says will create a museum that visitors want and value.

Roberts will also begin working on a five-year plan for the museum to keep it financially stable, while at the same time, making it ever-changing.

by Justin Dionne

New Executive Director coming to Philip J. Currie Dinosaur Museum

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