Photo by Heejin Ryu
Lindsey MacAllister Smith is the Exhibitsmith. Lindsey has worked with museum and archival collections at institutions including the Museum of Science and Industry in Chicago and the Amherst Museum and is currently the Archivist at Des Moines University, where she manages the University Archives and rare book collection.
Lindsey teaches Photo Preservation with the Des Moines Public Schools Community Education Program and History at the Des Moines Area Community College. She is co-chair of the Iowa Museum Association Exhibits and Collections Committee and a TAN advisor for the State Historical Society of Iowa’s Historical Research Development Program (HRDP).
Lindsey received a BA in History from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and an MA in Historical Administration from Eastern Illinois University, focusing on collections care and management, material culture, and local history. She is currently pursuing a Certificate of Advanced Study in Archives & Records Administration at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee.
For more background information, please visit Lindsey’s profile on Linkedin.
