Kate Roberts (curator)

Infobox Person
name = Kate Roberts
birth_date = birth date and age|1959|04|03
birth_place = Moorhead, Minnesota
occupation = Exhibits Curator at the Minnesota Historical Society, Author
main interests = Museums Local Histories Bundt

Kate Roberts (born April 3rd, 1959) is an exhibits curator at the Minnesota Historical Society in St. Paul, Minnesota and author of [http://www.amazon.com/dp/0873515943 "Minnesota 150: The People, Places, and Things That Shape Our State" (2007)] .

Education

She studied at the Moorhead State University, and received the Ph.D. in Art History from the University of Minnesota Twin Cities in 1990.

Professional career

Since 1989 [ [http://hometownsource.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=2736&Itemid=46 HometownSource.com - CLICKING ON THE WEB: Minnesota 150 exhibit at History Center opens to public on Saturday, Oct. 13 ] ] , Kate Roberts has been an exhibits curator at the Minnesota Historical Society in St. Paul, where she has been responsible for the inaugural exhibit at the Minnesota History Center, "Minnesota A to Z" (opened 1992); the exhibits at the visitor center of the Mille Lacs Indian Museum in Onamia, Minnesota (1995); the exhibits at the Mill City Museum in Minneapolis (2004); and most recently the exhibit for the state's sesquicentennial, "MN150" [ [http://minnesota.publicradio.org/display/web/2006/08/30/midday1/ MPR: 150 things that shaped Minnesota ] ] , which opened at the History Center in St. Paul in 2007. She is the author of [http://www.amazon.com/dp/0873515943 "Minnesota 150: The People, Places, and Things That Shape Our State" (2007)] .

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