2024

Speakers

Sam Snell

Collections Management Specialist, Smithsonian National Collections Program

Samantha Snell is the Collections Management Specialist for the Smithsonian Institution’s National Collections Program (NCP). In this position, she works to improve Smithsonian-wide collections emergency management and collections professional development. She is the chair of the first central collections emergency response team for the Smithsonian’s Preparedness and Response in Collections Emergencies. Prior to joining NCP in 2016, Sam had a 15-year career at the Smithsonian’s National Air  and  Space Museum’s (NASM) collections department. During her tenure at NASM, she worked on numerous projects that spanned various units within the Museum, including documentation, transportation, handling, and installation of artifacts. She earned her bachelor’s degree from Moravian University and is a member of the American Institute for Conservation’s Emergency Committee, C2C Care Outreach Advisory Group, and the Heritage Emergency National Task Force.