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Jarod Kearney (jkearney)

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Asst Dir & Curator of JMM

James Monroe Museum and Memorial Library James Monroe Museum
jkearney@umw.edu
540-654-2112


Academic Degrees

B.A., M.A., University of North Carolina at Greensboro

Jarod Kearney began as curator of the James Monroe Museum and Library in November 2011. Previously, he was curator of the Woodrow Wilson Presidential Library and Museum in Staunton, Virginia, and prior to that curator of the Rye Historical Society in New York. He has been director of the Hallockville Museum Farm and Folklife Center on Long Island, and worked at the Greensboro Historical Museum in North Carolina. Jarod received his MA in Museum Studies and BA in History from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro.

Jarod Kearney in the News

Jarod Kearney: Monroe Man

Presidential resumes are usually impressive, but James Monroe’s takes the cake. The last president of the Virginia dynasty, the Founding Father was also the state’s governor, U.S. senator, ambassador to France and Britain, Secretary of State and Secretary of War, and moved up through the ranks of the Continental Army. Read more…

New Curator at James Monroe Museum

The James Monroe Museum and Memorial Library is pleased to announce the hiring of Mr. Jarod Kearney as curator following a national search that yielded more than 100 applicants. Kearney was curator of the Woodrow Wilson Presidential Library and Museum from 2007 to 2011.  He also has held curatorial and Read more…
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