Corinne Porter is a curator at the National Archives Museum in Washington, DC, where she organizes exhibits covering diverse topics in American history, government, and culture. She coordinates the National Archives Featured Document program and has curated over 40 displays highlighting the National Archives’ incredible records. She also curates The Public Vaults permanent exhibition and is currently developing multiple exhibits related to the National Archives’ America250 commemoration.
To commemorate the 100th anniversary of the 19th Amendment, Porter curated the special exhibition Rightfully Hers: American Women and the Vote (2019), which looked beyond suffrage parades and protests to the often overlooked story behind this landmark moment. The exhibition was celebrated for its fuller retelling of the struggle to win the vote for one half of the people that illustrated the dynamic involvement of women across the spectrum of race, ethnicity, and class. She also helped to develop the Rightfully Hers pop-up, a three-dimensional display distributed for free to over 4,000 venues in all 50 states and the District of Columbia.
Porter’s One Victory! (2015), a World War II photography exhibition for the U.S. Mission to Kazakhstan, was recognized by the Department of State as a model for public diplomacy. She was lead researcher for the National Archives special exhibition Making their Mark: Stories Through Signatures (2014) and curator of the “Rights of Native Americans” interactive table section in the Records of Rights permanent exhibition (2013).
Prior to joining the Exhibits Program, Porter held the positions of Special Assistant to the Archivist of the United States and archivist at the National Archives. She received her BA in History from Western New England College and MA in Museum Studies from Johns Hopkins University.
