Dear Colleagues,
Many of you may already know, but it is with great sadness that I report the death of my husband and colleague, Jim Blackaby. Jim, of course, was very involved with MCN early on, and continued to be at the forefront of advocating the role of technology in museums. He started his museum career as a researcher at Old Sturbridge Village, spent ten years as curator of the Mercer and Fonthill Museums, and
several years as a consultant developing information systems for museums of all types including the National Trust, Society for the Preservation of New England Antiquities, Historic Hudson Valley, National Museum of African Art, and the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Gardens. Before joining the staff of Mystic Seaport, he worked for several years at the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum and worked part time on a project of the Walker Art Center and Minneapolis Institute of Arts for a year called ArtsConnectEd. He taught museum information! at the University of Victoria, was part of the National Research Council's team exploring the use of technology at the Library of Congress, and ended his career by spending four years as the Director of Mystic Seaport's Information Services and Internet Strategies Department.
several years as a consultant developing information systems for museums of all types including the National Trust, Society for the Preservation of New England Antiquities, Historic Hudson Valley, National Museum of African Art, and the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Gardens. Before joining the staff of Mystic Seaport, he worked for several years at the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum and worked part time on a project of the Walker Art Center and Minneapolis Institute of Arts for a year called ArtsConnectEd. He taught museum information! at the University of Victoria, was part of the National Research Council's team exploring the use of technology at the Library of Congress, and ended his career by spending four years as the Director of Mystic Seaport's Information Services and Internet Strategies Department.
On June 5 of this year, Jim was diagnosed with type IV cancer, untreatable, just after many of you saw him at the AAM conference. He passed away on Saturday evening. Anyone interested in making a contribution in his memory should send them to the "James R. Blackaby Memorial Small Watercraft Fund" at Mystic Seaport. He was a remarkable man who positively influenced nearly everyone he met and will be sorely missed both personally and professionally by many.
Rachel Thomas
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Web Coordinator
MYSTIC SEAPORT
The Museum of America and the Sea
75 Greenmanville Avenue
PO Box 6000
Mystic CT 06355-0990 USA
tel: 860.572.0711, ext. 5135
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