Emily May is an emerging museum professional with experience in research, writing, registration, and conservation.
Her passion stems from a love of history, and a drive to prove to people that ‘history’ is not the boring high school subject memorising dates and statistics, but rather a realm of rich and exciting stories. She likes to challenge macro views of histories which focus on wars and grand-scale ideas, in favour of the ordinary, the everyday people who go about their daily lives. It is here, that we find extraordinary stories of connection, beauty, loss and love; and a more dimensioned view on the past.
Emily has diverse qualifications, including a Bachelor of Arts Honours in history, Master of Museum and Heritage Studies, Graduate Certificate in Arts (Cultural Materials Conservation) and a Graduate Diploma in Information Management.
She has worked with the Performing Arts Collection at the Arts Centre Melbourne, the Sydney Holocaust Museum, the Melbourne Holocaust Museum, and Scroll, a publication by conservators at the University of Melbourne.
Emily is pursuing work in museum registration and digital preservation, where she finds fulfilling purpose in preserving these extraordinary stories about ordinary lives for future generations.