About Hannah
Hannah Boettcher lives in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, where her work in public history inspires her current projects.
She graduated from Washington University in St. Louis with a B.F.A. in painting, art history, and history in 2012 and received her M.A. from the Winterthur Program in American Material Culture at University of Delaware in 2016.
Hannah is always eager to consider creative projects related to her M.A. thesis, “Mary Custis Lee Unpacks the Washington Relics: A Revolutionary Inheritance in Museums, 1901-1918,” available to read online with thanks to University of Delaware. She collaborated with Ronald W. Fuchs, II, to publish “Martha Washington’s “United States China”: A New Link Found in a Family Notebook,” in Ceramics in America 2020 (Chipstone Foundation, Ceramics in America Annual, Vol. 20), edited by Robert Hunter and Ronald W. Fuchs, II, also available to read online with thanks to Chipstone Foundation. For over 10 years, Hannah has contributed to exhibitions, talks, and events related to the First Oval Office Project at the Museum of the American Revolution, home to the largest “Washington relic” from Mary Custis Lee’s collection: a Revolutionary War tent with a Civil War twist.
For additional updates, connect at LinkedIn or say hello by email anytime to hcboettcher@gmail.com.