MEDIA: Michele Reese
305-375-1657
mreese@historymiami.org
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
HISTORYMIAMI MUSEUM WELCOMES MARIA R. ESTORINO DOOLING AS
NEW VICE PRESIDENT OF MUSEUM COLLECTIONS
MIAMI (Oct. 6, 2015) – HistoryMiami Museum is pleased
to announce that Maria R. Estorino Dooling has joined the
museum’s senior leadership team as the new vice
president of museum collections. Estorino Dooling comes
to HistoryMiami Museum with more than 14 years of
experience in collections management and programming.
“Maria’s vast experience in the museum world will be a
great benefit to HistoryMiami as we continue to advance
our object and archival collections as well as our research
center,” said President / CEO Stuart A. Chase. “Maria’s
objective will be to emphasize making such collections
discoverable and accessible to the community while activating them in support of the museum's
mission to tell Miami's stories.”
A Miami native, Estorino Dooling received a Master’s of Arts in history with a concentration in
public history from Northeastern University and a Master’s of Science in Library Science from
Simmons College. She also holds a Bachelor’s in history from Loyola University New Orleans
and participated in the Smithsonian Institution's Latino Museum Studies Program.
Estorino Dooling serves on the editorial board of the journal Cuban Studies. She is a member of
the Society of American Archivists (SAA), the National Council on Public History, the Seminar
on the Acquisition of Latin American Library Materials (SALALM), and the Association of
College and Research Libraries (ACRL).
About HistoryMiami Museum
HistoryMiami, a Smithsonian affiliate, is the premier cultural institution committed to gathering,
organizing, preserving and celebrating Miami’s history as the unique crossroads of the
Americas. We accomplish this through education, collections, research, exhibitions, publications
and city tours.
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