Melissa Clemmer

Melissa Clemmer is associate director of the Drexel University Lenfest Center for Cultural Partnerships, where she has contributed arts administration skills since its launch in 2015. A current focus is grant writing for the Atwater Kent Collection at Drexel (former Philadelphia History Museum) and other collaborative projects. As an interpretive planner and exhibit developer, she has worked with numerous museums and related organizations over the past 25+ years. With Drexel she helped plan/develop content and experiences for Atwater Kent exhibitions, National Museum of Industrial History, VisionForward National Gender Equality Initiative, First Bank of the US, and Reading Terminal Market; and previously for Benjamin Franklin Museum, Ben Franklin 300, PA Civil War 150 Road Show, Academy of Natural Sciences, Carpenters’ Hall, Los Angeles County Fair, and Mercer Museum. She has helped produce strategic/interpretive plans for many more historic houses and sites, and became a Certified Interpretive Planner in 2013. She has an MEd and Post-Baccalaureate Certification in Art Education from Kutztown University and BFA from Moore College of Art & Design.