(Adult) Jessica K. Whitehead is the senior curator of collections for the Kentucky Derby Museum, where she safeguards and interprets the permanent collection of 20,000+ objects, photographs, and archival materials. On behalf of the museum, Whitehead has recently published The History of the Kentucky Derby in 75 Objects through the University Press of Kentucky.Outside of the Derby Museum, she is the preeminent scholar on the artist, writer, and sustainability pioneer Harlan Hubbard, and her biography of Hubbard will be released by UPK in February 2025. She is currently a board member of the Kentucky Museum & Heritage Alliance and served as a founding board member of the new nonprofit organization Payne Hollow on the Ohio.
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