Prairie Village historian Mary McMurray to serve as new director of Johnson County Museum

The Johnson County Park and Recreation District has hired a new director to lead the Johnson County Museum.
Mary McMurray, a historian specializing in 20th century U.S. history, will start in her new role on April 6. She said she “couldn’t be more excited” to join the museum staff.
“I’m very lucky to have been a member of this community and already been a member of this museum, knowing how important this is to our community,” McMurray said. “The people that I know that work here, I was already looking up to them in the professional world, and so it’s really nice to get to join this team at this time where they are doing this incredible work with their strategic plan, and a great time in the museum community in general, where people are craving storytelling opportunities for engaging with one another and our past, and helping to forge a better future by looking to the past.”
(Read more: Prairie Village Post)