Hillary Spencer Email & Phone Number

Manassas, VA, US

At Capitol Museum Services, Hillary Spencer drives the growth of client engagement and operations, providing comprehensive leadership and strategic oversight. Hillary focuses on delivering innovative and customized solutions that meet the unique needs of museums, cultural institutions, and educational organizations. With an emphasis on creating immersive.

Arlington, Virginia, US

Hired to write two key publications to be published in spring 2024 focusing on the impact and relevancy of children’s museums in contemporary learning.

Brooklyn, New York, US

Provided strategic leadership on the completion of a high-profile, global public arts project.

Washington, District Of Columbia, US

Engaged to provide benchmarking study and comprehensive organizational assessment.

Brooklyn, New York, US

Selected to project manage the significant capital renovation of the permanent gallery, providing strategic leadership to the Exhibitions and Education departments. Tasks included writing a comprehensive interpretive plan; developing new school programs; collaborating with the contract designer on gallery layout; and supervising the production and.

• Hired to financially re-establish and diversify historic regional museum that includes an early childhood education center, a planetarium, a historic collection, and a manatee rehabilitation facility. Achievements.
• Secured $547k state grant for establishment of new manatee rehabilitation center, expanding scope of service from being rehabilitation only to critical care as well and potentially increasing Florida’s animal care.
• Strategic reorganization of museum, dismantling long established hierarchies and establishing a shift toward salary transparency and equity.
• Established new earned revenue stream netting over $200k in the second half of 2021 alone, 2022 revenues reflecting an 80% increase over 2021.
• 2021 and 2022 contributions, gift store and attendance all out preforming budget projects and matching or exceeding pre-Covid levels of engagement.
• Establishment of new initiative where all new museum content is produced in both English and Spanish.

Brooklyn, New York, US

Administer $100,000 CARES Act grant, establishing writing tutor program for undergraduate art history and studio art students with particular focus given to ESL students.

Greenville, SC, US

• Recruited to manage and re-orient a leading regional museum with two campuses. Achievements include radical expansion of community engagement with a new focus on diverse, multigenerational family centered experiences..
• Took lead on redesign of museum’s permanent galleries to focus on highlighting local industry and work force development while increasing integration of learning goals and play
• Negotiated $240,000/year deal with major television production company as part of a 3-way contract with Nickelodeon
• Signed contract with national educational partner to produce new full day educational environments with revenue share agreement worth $450,000/annually. The goal of this partnership is to provide flexible childcare.
• Update digital strategies and interventions resulting in immediate increases in revenue and audience engagement. Online summer camp sales in February 2020 alone increased by $35,000.
• Lead strategic task force work group, integrating community voices, staff concerns and board vision to create new Strategic Plan, resulting in a new mission to “Ignite a community of compassionate problem solvers.

Edinburgh, GB

Opened the North American office of Nomad Exhibitions, establishing it as a top provider of traveling exhibitions in the region. Nomad Exhibitions is one of the industry’s leading design production and management firms that specializes in partnering with museums and cultural venues to create compelling touring exhibitions.

New York, NY, US

• Led strategy and operations for the three business lines housed within department (Traveling Exhibitions, Licensing & Publishing, Planetarium Shows), supervising team of 40+ both onsite and remote, program budget of.
• Worked closely with key business partners from across the museum industry placing AMNH travelling exhibitions at national and international venues and while co-developing new content.
• Worked closely with CFO in ensuring profitability of program with gross income of over $8M, with average annual net income (profit) averaging between $1M and $2M from 2007 to 2018.
• Personally secured over $2M in revenue in FY 2014 and $3M in FY 2015.
• Key leadership role in multi-million dollar groundbreaking partnership between American Museum of Natural History (AMNH) and the Center of Science and Industry (COSI), Columbus Ohio. This partnership resulted AMNH’s.
• Consulted Denver Museum of Nature and Science (DMNS) on business strategy for expanded temporary gallery space. DMNS aimed to diversify their programming and while reducing operational costs and increase ticket sales..

New York, NY, US

• Responsible for $4M operating budget and staff of 10+ (designers, project managers, installation managers, registrars, A/V technicians and security personnel at both local and remote locations), and overall operational.
• Selected Clients: Papalote Museo del Niño, Mexico City; Parque Explora, Medellín; Royal British Columbia Museum, Victoria; Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle, Paris; Musée des Confluences, Lyon; National Museum of.
• Selected Exhibitions: ¡Cuba!, 2016; The Secret World Inside You, 2016; Life at the Limits: Stories of Amazing Species, 2015; Pterosaurs: Flight in the Age of Dinosaurs; The Power of Poison, 2013; Our Global Kitchen.

Long Beach, CA, US

Produced 5-year strategic plan for Exhibitions and Collections Department in preparation for significant museum expansion.

Los Angeles, California, US

Project managed Conversations exhibition in which six visual artists reinterpreted the museum’s collections. Artists included: Kim Abeles, Lita Albuquerque, Tony Berlant, Paul McCarthy, Ed Moses, and John Valdez.

Santa Barbara, California, US

Contracted to design, produce, and install exhibition graphics for permanent and temporary galleries.

Los Angeles, CA, US

• Selected by private collectors to open 20,000 sq ft museum and event space. Worked closely with architects on the design and build-out of custom gallery space. Hired, trained, and directly supervised museum gallery and.
• Selected Projects: On-Ramps: Transitional Moments in California Art, 2002; Capturing Light: Masterpieces of California Photography, 2002; Catherine Wagner: Cross Sections, 2003; California Design Biennial, 2003.

Doctor Of Education - Edd (Abd), Educational Leadership

Master'S Degree, Art History

Nextgen 2016 - Executive Education Program, Executive Leadership

Art History

Ba, Art And History