Rusty Moore Email & Phone Number

Natick, Massachusetts

Currently teaching Morse code courses online. Previously developed and presented programs in astronomy, amateur radio, model rocketry, woodworking and other STEM-plus subjects, conducted public stargazing sessions, presented portable planetarium shows at schools, created content for social media, photographed events and activities, served as President of Sci-Tech Rocketeers model rocketry club and Space Science Club, served as Educational Advisor to Sci-Tech Amateur Radio Society, and served on Leadership Team.

Concord, Nh

Presented public planetarium shows, facilitated solar viewing in observatory and in-gallery science learning for visitors of all ages.

Milton, Ma

Developed educational programs and tours with a focus on space weather and radio history, delivered daily observatory tours, planned in-house amateur radio station and club, assisted with maintenance, retail, and administrative tasks. Blue Hill Observatory is currently closed due to building renovations.

Kingston, Ma

Supervised a crew of up to 5 housekeeping workers at Kingston Collection on a nightly basis, trained staff, developed training materials, organized and maintained equipment and supplies.

Plymouth, Ma

Assessed customers needs and suggested products to help in successfully completing their home improvement projects. Specialties included: tools and hardware, kitchen design.

Researched and developed a program of seventeenth-century shoemaking; sourced and acquired necessary tools and supplies; demonstrated and explained traditional shoemaking methods; supplied museum's interpretive programs with footwear and other leather artifacts appropriate for the 1620's setting.

Demonstrated historical handcrafts (joinery, carpentry, shoemaking, blacksmithing, pewter casting, etc.) to museum visitors and explained the significance of the work in the context of colonial America and, specifically, the Moravian town of Salem, NC; produced objects for use by the museum's historical programs; researched the history of traditional crafts and trades.

Winston-Salem, North Carolina

Presented classroom history programs in area schools using object-based learning and first-person interpretive techniques, accurate reproduction clothing and artifacts. Historical personas included an 18th-century farmer and farmer's wife, a Scottish soldier, and a military surgeon in the Revolutionary War.

Greensboro, Nc

Ran daily public planetarium shows using Spitz 512 system and related audio-visual components; assisted Planetarium Curator with darkroom photography, slide mounting, audio recording and narration, equipment maintenance, public sky observing sessions, and astronomy classes.