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Appleton, Wisconsin The Paper Discovery Center announced in March that they expect to open in December and are unveiling their logo created by Willems and Company, marketing firm in downtown Appleton. As the Paper Discovery Center prepares to open they would like to announce the appointment of Carrie Feld Mahlik as their new Curator and Archivist.
Valerie Wylie, Executive Director for the Paper Industry International Hall of Fame, said “Feld’s work experience, training and enthusiasm for the Paper Discovery Center at this point in our growth is truly fortunate. We are so lucky to have her join our team.” Feld is a Wisconsin native from Sturgeon Bay. Her main responsibilities at the Paper Discovery Center will be to manage permanent and temporary traveling exhibits, develop long and short-term interpretive and interactive exhibits, manage archive collection, and assist with the development and implementation of educational programs. Feld’s archive management experience includes work with Georgia-Pacific in Green Bay. She served as an intern at the Door County Maritime Museum in Sturgeon Bay, Neville Public Museum of Brown County in Green Bay, and United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington, D.C.
“This is a great opportunity for me to use my experience in museums and archive management to bring the story of papermakingpast, present, and futureto residents and visitors of the Fox River Valley,” said Feld. “An article written at the time the Atlas Mill, the site of the Paper Discovery Center, was built in 1878 commented that the mill’s foundations were being laid with the intention of serving the interests of coming generations. I am excited and honored to be able to keep that vision alive as the curator and archivist of the Paper Discovery Center.”
Feld was valedictorian of her class at Sevastopol High School in Sturgeon Bay. She graduated from St. Norbert’s College Summa Cum Laude with a Bachelor of Arts degree in History and a Minor in American Studies. Feld participated in an “Art & Architecture, History & Cultural Policy Program” at American University in Washington, D.C. Feld was also nominated for the Brown County Preservation Achievement Award in 2002.