Megan Scallan earned her Doctorate in Atlantic History from Florida International University. She also holds a Master’s of Arts in History from the University of Alabama, Huntsville; Graduate Certificate in Museum Collections and Preservation Care from George Washington University; a Certificate in Women’s Entrepreneurship from Cornell University; and a Bachelor’s degree in History and Art History from the University of North Florida.
As Public Historian with twenty years experience working in museums and universities, Dr. Scallan has also served her community working with small businesses as well as with private clients. She specializes in Material Cultural, the study of goods, objects, and the built environment particularly focusing on practices of consumption, trade, and the intimacies of daily life. Her work demonstrates how objects, distributions of remains, and spatial configurations all contribute to our understanding of the past. Megan has presented her research at a number of conferences across the United States and Europe, including the American Historical Association and the Bavarian American Academy.
As a Curator, Megan has provided high quality historical research, fine art support services, educational programming, and exhibitions to museums, historical societies, historic sites and house museums, artists, and private clients. As Director of the Weeden House Museum, Megan restored Alabama’s oldest house museum back to the mid-19th century. While Curator and Collections Manager for the Duxbury Rural & Historical Society, Megan participated in a multi-year project to preserve the structural integrity of the Bradford House. She created tour programs and exhibitions re-invigorating the family history, focusing on the Bradford daughters and their incredible lives. In June 2018, the Duxbury Rural & Historical Society received an Award of Merit (Leadership in History Award) from the American Association of State and Local History (AASLH), for the project to “Re-imagine Bradford.”