Events

The History Museum of Mobile’s upcoming Learning Lunch Program is on Wednesday, August 12th at 12 PM and will feature Keith A. Hardison, museum consultant. The title of his presentation is In 1814, We Took a Little Trip: Andrew Jackson and the Battle of New Orleans, which will explore the background, conduct, results, and significance of the War of 1812’s most important battle, as well as the role of its most iconic figure, Andrew Jackson.

Keith A. Hardison is a native of Nashville, Tennessee. He graduated in 1977 from David Lipscomb University in Nashville with a B.A. degree in history and in 1983 with a M.A. degree in museum science from Texas Tech University. For the past 41 years he has worked in a variety of leadership positions within the museum profession including Director of Education, Interpretation, and Visitors Services at Pamplin Historical Park; Division Director for the Louisiana State Museum, where he helped lead the design, construction, and opening of the $25 million Capitol Park Branch; Director of the North Carolina’s Division of State Historic Sites; Executive Director of the Coolidge National Medal of Honor Heritage Center; Director of Interpretation for Andrew Jackson’s Hermitage; and Executive Director of the Historic Mobile Preservation Society. He currently serves as a museum consultant. 

Mr. Hardison served two terms on the Mississippi Civil War Battlefields Commission and co-directed the North Carolina Department of Cultural Resources’ Civil War Sesquicentennial Commemoration. He is a member of the American Association for State and Local History, and is married to the former Angela Benigno of Gulfport, Mississippi.

The History Museum of Mobile invites the public to attend the free Learning Lunch lecture series. Guests are encouraged to bring their lunch and enjoy a presentation on an historical or cultural topic. For more information on Learning Lunch, contact Brantley James, Curator of Education, at 251-301-0270 or b.james@historymuseumofmobile.com.