Corine Wegener

Director, Smithsonian Cultural Rescue Initiative
Smithsonian Institution

Corine Wegener (Cori)
Director
Smithsonian Cultural Rescue Initiative (SCRI)
MA Political Science, University of Kansas
MA Art History, University of Kansas
Corine Wegener is director of the Smithsonian Cultural Rescue Initiative (SCRI), an outreach program dedicated to the preservation of cultural heritage in crisis situations in the U.S. and abroad. SCRI’s work includes projects in Syria, Iraq, Haiti, Nepal, and around the world. SCRI also co-chairs, with FEMA’s Office of Environmental and Historic Preservation, the Heritage Emergency National Task Force, part of the U.S. National Disaster Recovery Framework. Before coming to the Smithsonian in 2012, Wegener was an associate curator in the department of Decorative Arts, Textiles, and Sculpture at the Minneapolis Institute of Art. During a concurrent career as a US Army Reserve officer, she served on several military deployments, including as an Arts, Monuments, and Archives Officer assigned to assist after the 2003 looting of the Iraq National Museum. Wegener has a bachelor’s degree in Political Science from the University of Nebraska Omaha and MA degrees in Political Science and Art History from the University of Kansas.

Presentation(s):

• Managing Emergencies in Cultural Heritage: Sharing Knowledge and Strengthening Networks in the Americas

  Monday, May 20
  9:00 AM – 10:00 AM

• Franco’s Body: Whose Heritage Is It?

  Tuesday, May 21
  3:30 PM – 4:30 PM