Marco Island Historical Society Hires Ivy Monét Johnson as Museum Specialist

The Marco Island Historical Society (MIHS) announces that Ivy Monét Johnson has been hired as a museum specialist. She will manage the MIHS collections at the Marco Island Historical Museum (MIHM), ensuring the collections’ preservation and accessibility as well as lending her expertise to MIHS exhibits and special projects.

Johnson has a Master of Arts in Museum Studies from the University of Florida. She previously was a Library Assistant for Special Collections and Archives at Fisk University in Nashville, Tennessee. She also served as an intern under the National Museum of African American History and Culture’s Robert F. Smith program at Tuskegee University Archives. In 2019, following her graduation from the University of South Florida, she spent the summer as a collections intern at the MIHS.

“We are pleased to welcome Ivy to her new position as our museum specialist,” notes MIHS CEO Pat Rutledge. “Ivy’s expertise is a great addition to our team of professionals as we work together to protect and present the 48,000 items in the Marco Island Historical Society’s amazing collections while also making them available and accessible to the public.” 

The Marco Island Historical Museum is located at 180 S. Heathwood Drive. The Museum is open Tuesday through Saturday, from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Admission is free and the site is fully ADA compliant and accessible to all visitors. For information call 239-389-6447 or visit www.themihs.org.