Handling and Maintenance of Historic House Collections Webinars 2027

Jenny Daly is currently an Assistant Registrar at the Cantor Arts Center at Stanford University where she manages the museum’s works on paper collection, including processing new acquisitions, coordinating conservation treatment, and managing permanent storage. She also supports exhibitions, NAGPRA compliance, and Rights & Reproductions requests. In her previous work as a Museum Curator (i.e. collections manager) for California State Parks, she helped manage the Collections Department at Hearst San Simeon State Historical Monument (Hearst Castle) on California’s Central Coast, and at numerous historic park sites in the Santa Cruz, CA area. She has a MA in Museum Studies with a focus in Collections Management from John F. Kennedy University and a Double BA in Near Eastern Studies and Theater, Dance, & Performance Studies from UC Berkeley.

Lisa Goldberg is an objects conservator with Goldberg Preservation Services LLC., a firm that provides conservation assessments, evaluation, and object treatment, with an emphasis on preventive care. Her practice supports improved collections management policies and procedures; packing, shipping and loan arrangements; exhibit and storage strategies, and design for storage facilities; and planning for environmental, integrated pest management, and emergency preparedness and response. She also offers training sessions, and aid in grant applications. Goldberg is project editor for STASHc (an online resource on collections housing solutions), AIC News editor, and is a founding member of the AIC Materials Working Group. She is a Fellow of AIC and IIC, and she holds memberships in SPNHC and AAM.

Lucy Midelfort is an architectural conservator in private practice in Richmond, Virginia. Her work includes conducting conditions assessments, developing treatment protocols, performing treatments, and managing larger preservation projects. At Thomas Jefferson's Monticello in Charlottesville, Virginia, Lucy held the role of Conservator and Curator of Historic Architecture and was responsible for managing the conservation and maintenance of the historic and reconstructed buildings on site. She holds an MS in Historic Preservation from the Weitzman School of Design at the University of Pennsylvania with a specialty in architectural conservation. Lucy has presented papers at national and international conferences and institutions, including APT, AIC, and CAC-ACCR. She is a Professional Associate member of the American Institute for Conservation of Historic and Artistic Works (AIC).

Lisa E. Worley is the Director of Material Culture at Ford House, an 87-acre national historic landmark, where she oversees the department and team responsible for care and preservation of historical objects and archives, the interiors of the historical buildings, conservation, research, and exhibitions. Lisa has worked at museums and historical sites in Arizona, Colorado, and Texas. She earned a bachelor’s degree in history from the University of Arizona and a master’s degree in public history with an emphasis in historic preservation from Colorado State University. She served as the co-chair of AASLH’s Historic House committee from 2022 to 2026.

Kelly McCauley Krish was the Preventive Conservator at the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation, where she helped implement preventive practices across 30 historic structures with movable collections. Her previous experiences include advising historic houses across the country on sustainable preservation practices through the Image Permanence Institute, holding a conservation internship with the New York State Office of Parks, Recreation, and Historic Preservation, and serving on a project to document historic houses on Long Island. Kelly holds an MS from the University of Delaware Program in Art Conservation and a BA in Historic Preservation from the University of Mary Washington.