Staff

Michelle Stahl

Executive Director

Michelle Stahl began working for the Historical Society in 1998 and was named Executive Director in 2001. Michelle is responsible for all aspects of the Society’s operations including programming, development, collections and facilities management. A graduate of Smith College with a degree in Art History, Michelle pursued graduate studies at Boston University. Her research has focused on American painting and photography of the 19th and 20th centuries and American folk art.

Michelle serves as the Secretary for the New England Museum Association’s Board of Directors. She makes her home in an 1892 Victorian with her daughter.

Carrie Whittemore

Education Coordinator

Carrie Whittemore has been with the Society for eight  years as the Education Coordinator.  Her background is in elementary and middle school teaching and running her own educator-based business.  She enjoys creating programming and exhibits for students, children and families and can often be found out in the schoolhouse, down in the Robbe Family Kitchen or out in the local schools throughout the year.  One of her favorite parts of her job is connecting the Historical Society and individual classrooms through the Kid Curator Program while helping students curate their own museum exhibit.  

When not at the Historical Society, Carrie runs a fabric business and coaches field hockey.