Allison Akbay

As Registrar, Allison Akbay is responsible for adding new donations to the Museum's artifact collection and tracking loans for artifacts to other museums. Her work includes corresponding with prospective donors, cataloging new artifacts, and keeping track of the artifacts in the museum's world class collection.

Prior to joining the museum, Allison worked with a number of museums including the USS Pampanito WWII submarine, the Richmond History Museum, the Oakland Museum of California, EL Museo del Barrio and Na Bolom Cultural Center in Chiapas Mexico

She holds a Master of Arts degree in Museum Studies from John F. Kennedy University and Bachelors of Arts degrees in Anthropology, Latin American Studies, and Spanish from Rutgers University.