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Eric W. Jentsch

Team Leader, Entertainment and Sports and Curator
Division of Cultural and Community Life

M.A. Museum Studies, George Washington University
B.A. English, B.A. History, St. Louis University

Research Specialties: 

History of Entertainment, Popular Culture and Sports. .

Role in Museum: 

Collect, Exhibit and Research materials related to American entertainment and sports. These include broadcast entertainment such as television and radio, film, comic books, and sports.  

Projects: 

Past Projects:
Curator Entertaining America (ongoing)
Project Director/ Curator Superheroes
Project Director/ Curator Batmobile Exhibition
Curator Hall of American Culture, including Yankee Stadium Ticket Booth
Curator Willie Mays installation - American Stories

  • Curator, Pause/Play.
  • Curator, 1939.
  • Curator: Celluloid: The First Plastic
Awards, Honors, and Special Recognition: 

Selected Speaker, People, Passion Purpose 

 

Publications

"The Pharmacy Collections" with Diane L. Wendt. Caduceus. (Winter 1997, Vol. 13 No. 3, pp.33–42).

A brief history of the pharmacy collections at the Smithsonian Institution.