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Britt Oates - Freelance Museum Services Professional
Britt Oates (she/her) is a passion-driven anthropologist, museum professional, and creative/forward thinker with over a decade of interdisciplinary experience inspiring and facilitating informal cultural and science education based experiences for the public. Britt holds degrees in general anthropology with a focus on socio-cultural anthropology and archaeology. She specializes in socio-cultural driven exhibit development, museum public programming, with expertise in visitor services, and operations. Britt has worked on and led the development of several high impact museum exhibitions and public programming experiences including the Dogs! A Science Tail exhibition at the California Science Center (2019), and Coming Home: WWII and the San Fernando Valley with Pacoima Historical Society and The Museum of the San Fernando Valley (2021). In 2022, Britt relocated to Washington, DC where she lead a team of high school students in the development and curation of the New Thing photography exhibition, telling the story of MIT architect turned famed film and TV show creator Topper Carew as an activist, educator, and community builder in a former yet historically Black neighborhood in Washington, DC in the late 1960's. Britt continues her work in museum spaces to amplify diverse cultural excellence, currently holding the role of Manager of Public Programs at Planet Word Museum in Washington, DC. where she is committed to producing language arts and literacy based public programming through inclusive cultural perspectives and expertise.