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Joseph Garrera is an American historian and museum professional. He was named Executive Director of the Lehigh Valley Heritage Museum in 2006, a position he held for eighteen years, concluding in 2025. Under Garrera’s direction, the Lehigh Valley Heritage Museum launched a series of exhibitions including “Abraham Lincoln and the Promise of America,” which was endorsed by the federal Abraham Lincoln Bicentennial Commission, as well as “Remembering World War II,” and “The American Spirit: The Paintings of Mort Künstler.". Garrera inaugurated the Heritage Museum’s extensive work with school cyber programs, a service the Museum introduced in 2020 because of the pandemic that is now a permanent part of the Museum’s portfolio of programs.
Biography
Garrera earned a Master of Arts in History from East Stroudsburg University (2006) and a Bachelor of Arts in History from Thomas Edison State University (2004). He studied philanthropy at “The Center on Philanthropy” at Indiana University (2005).
Garrera was elected to the Abraham Lincoln Association Board of Directors in 2010, a position he continues to hold. From 1999 until 2010, he served as President of the Lincoln Group of New York in Manhattan, a nonprofit historical society that studies the life and times of Abraham Lincoln.
Honors
• Phi Alpha Theta, 2006: Attainments and Scholarship in History
• Selected to address the Pennsylvania House of Representatives with a lecture commemorating the 150th anniversary of Abraham Lincoln’s funeral train and funeral service in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. Featured a one-day exhibit in the State Capitol on Abraham Lincoln at the invitation of Michael Turzai, Speaker of the House, 2015.
• Appointed to the Advisory Committee of the Federal Abraham Lincoln Bicentennial Commission, 2005. Served until its conclusion in 2009.
• Appointed to the New York State Abraham Lincoln Bicentennial Commission, 2006.
Footnotes
- ^ "After 18 Years of Bringing Lehigh Valley History to Life, Joseph Garrera is Retiring". The Morning Call. October 28, 2024. Retrieved 7 January 2025.
- "Remembering World War II: New Heritage Museum Exhibit Focuses on Valley's Contribution to the War Effort". The Morning Call. November 11, 2007. Retrieved 7 January 2025.
- "Mort Kunstler, Premier Historical Artist, Exhibits 50 Works in Allentown". The Morning Call. October 11, 2014. Retrieved 7 January 2025.
- "New County Historical Society Head Sees Challenges". The Morning Call. June 8, 2006. Retrieved 7 January 2025.
- "PA State Capitol Hosts Programs to Commemorate 150th Anniversary of the Funeral of President Lincoln". Retrieved 7 January 2025.
- "Anniversary of the Lincoln Funeral Train's Harrisburg Stop is Today: List of Local Events". Penn Live. April 1, 205. Retrieved 7 January 2025.