15-02-2025
Who's in the News? Ivy Clark
NEWBURGH, In (WEHT) – Ivy Clark is the Executive Director at the Newburgh Museum.
Being born in Owensboro, Clark has lived in Newburgh most of her life, graduating from Castle High School in 2019.
Clark says archelogy is a main interest in her life and has been since she was seven, more specifically architectural archelogy, so much so that she memorized every single Woman's Club Historical Marker in downtown Newburgh.
Who's in the News? Sheila Patterson
Becoming executive director started as being an intern with the museum to finish her degree at the University of Evansville.
Clark is also the museum's first executive director.
'As a nonprofit, they have been functioning as a 100% volunteer board and volunteer staff,' she said. 'It took a long time in the making.'
Clark is also a substitute teacher where connecting to the younger generation and exposing them ideas and contents about history she finds most intriguing.
She gives some insight to the new Boomers Exhibit.
'We're working through a chronological timeline, and this past year we ended with World War II. We're moving into that post war era, and we really want to grab the attention of the Newburgh boomers. This is a time where the population was booming, civil rights movements and so many things were happening. They can come in and share their stories. Share what it was like.'
What makes the job worth it for Clark? Meeting the community.
'We have so many wonderful supporters. People come in, tell me their stories. Every day is something different, which is so important for everybody.'
You can watch the full interview in the media player.
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