Friends Present: Richard Weld, Gerald Ford Museum

Richard Weld from the Gerald Ford Museum will be speaking on the National Archives and the United States' Semiquincentennial in 2026.
Light refreshments will be served.

Dr. Richard Weld is a graduate of Hope College (BA, Ancient Civilizations), Yale University (MA, Archaeology) and Purdue University (PhD, Anthropology). He began his journey as a professional educator in 1995 as a technology co-teacher in Michigan public schools, before moving into museum education at the National WWII Museum. After a foray of four years teaching English as a second language at public and private schools in Japan, he returned to the museum field to work at the Smithsonian Institution National Air and Space Museum. He is now with the National Archives, as Education Specialist at the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library & Museum, located in his hometown of Grand Rapids, Michigan.