Collections Specialist and Web Projects Developer
Smithsonian National Postal Museum
Arago, online exhibits and digital outreach
2005–2010
Smithsonian National Postal Museum, Washington, D.C.
No. 04
2005–2010
By the numbers
- years in the Collections Department
- 5
- Arago launches
- 2006
- Smithsonian virtual museum collections website
- 1st
No. 01 The story
Five years in the museum's Collections Department, on the team that launched Arago, the Smithsonian's first virtual museum collections website, and creating online exhibits and school programs for the public.
Alex joined the Collections Department of the Smithsonian National Postal Museum in 2005, at nineteen, while still a student at George Washington University. He stayed five years as a collections specialist and web projects developer.
He was part of the team that launched Arago, the Smithsonian's first virtual museum collections website, which debuted in 2006 at the Washington 2006 World Philatelic Exhibition. Arago opened the museum's collection to researchers and curious visitors alike.
He wrote and built online exhibits for general audiences, including American Art on Postage Stamps and a mini-exhibit marking the Mayflower's departure in 1620. He took the museum's digital collections into classrooms across the country, and in 2009 he spent a week as a guest lecturer at Newberry College in South Carolina.
No. 02More projects
Elsewhere in the catalog.
No. 01
Clash of Empires: The 1879 Anglo-Zulu War
An artifact-driven museum exhibition at the Royal Philatelic Society London
July 1–31, 2023
No. 02
From Empire to Commonwealth
Commemorating the Centenary of Queen Elizabeth II's Birth
May 23–30, 2026
No. 03
Young Philatelic Leaders Fellowship
A year-long mentorship program of the American Philatelic Society
2008–present
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