Brianna Kim Celebrates Six Years at the AAMI

This month we’re celebrating Brianna Kim’s sixth year as a member of the AAMI staff! Brianna joined the Museum’s team as a curator in August 2013. In that role, she curated three of our past exhibits: Behind the Beat, Products of a Creative Mind,  and Mightier than the Sword. Not only did she plan and research these exhibits, but she also developed interactives, oversaw design, and wrote the copy for panels and labels.

In February 2017, Brianna became the Museum’s Director of Operations. In this position, Brianna has been responsible for overseeing and improving the administrative and operational aspects of the organization, from creating new on boarding practices for employees and volunteers, to managing the annual audit process. Brianna is also well known to many of the Museum’s volunteers, as she manages the volunteer recruitment and orientation programs.

Originally from the town of Albia in Iowa’s Monroe County, Brianna attended Coe College in Cedar Rapids, where she obtained a BA in History, and completed her MA in Museum Studies at George Washington University in Washington, DC. She lives with her husband Arthur Kim, seven-month-old daughter Edith, and Moses, a one-year-old lab mix.

Please join us in congratulating Brianna on all of her excellent work making sure that the AAMI can continue to be a quality resource for learning about Iowa’s African American heritage!