Ryan Paul

The speaker for our July meeting will be the Iron Mission State Park Museum's curator, Ryan Paul. As the curator Mr. Paul is responsible for collections management, exhibit development, interpretation, education, grant writing, educational outreach, special exhibit coordination, research, technical reports and articles, tours and general visitor services. Mr Paul has a M. A. in history and a B. A. in history with 12 years of experience in curatorial, collection and education related services. He has additional training in collections software, conservation and Certified Public Management. Professional affiliations include the Utah Historical Society, Utah Museum Association, Organization of American Historians, Early American Industries Association, National Trust for Historic Preservation, Utah Heritage Foundation, Old Spanish Trails Association, Carriage Association of America, and Conference of Intermountain Archivists. Mr Paul is the Iron Mission liaison with the Daughters of the Utah Pioneers and the Sons of the Utah Pioneers associations, he is the past president of the Iron County Historical Society and a member of the Utah Museum.

The Iron Works Homestead is an expansion of Iron Mission State Park Museum that is currently underway. The expansion will add more buildings, hands on activities and living history demonstrations. We are attempting to raise community awareness and support for this project through presentations to various community organizations. Our presentations consist of a short DVD followed by a question and answer session. Through these presentations we try to let community members know what we are doing at the park, help them understand the value of the project, and how they can help us reach our goals.