Emily Angelucci is a second year MA Art History student with a focus on Arts Management. Her research examines cross-cultural interactions between the ancient Near East and Mediterranean during the Bronze Age, as well as the afterlives of ancient objects within modern institutional contexts. She is particularly interested in how ancient material culture is collected, interpreted, and displayed for public audiences. Drawing on provenance research, archival study, and object-based analysis, her work examines histories of collecting and the ways in which ancient artifacts acquire meaning across different historical and cultural contexts. 

Angelucci graduated summa cum laude with honors from Dickinson College in 2024, where she double majored in Archaeology and Anthropology and minored in Art History. Her senior thesis, Museum of the Bible: Misdeeds, Mistakes, and the Consideration of Neutrality, critically examined the institution’s practices and its interaction with the public. That same year, her archival research culminated in the conference presentation, The Commodore’s Curious Collection: Jesse Duncan Elliott and the American Grand Tour, at the 2024 Archaeological Institute of America’s Annual Meeting.

Over the past six years, Angelucci has worked in a variety of museum roles spanning collection management, exhibition design, and curatorial research at multiple institutions. At the Trout Gallery, she has curated two exhibitions, Souvenirs of Ruin: Piranesi and the Birth of Western Tourism (2024) and Craft, Commerce, and Culture: The Damarau Vessels (2026). She currently works at Temple Contemporary as a Gallery Assistant.  

Advisor: John Hatfield