Jaclyn Kelly

Jaclyn Kelly is the executive director of the Wisconsin Labor History Society, an affiliate of the Wisconsin Historical Society. She has brought history to the public at several Wisconsin institutions, including the Milwaukee Public Museum, Old World Wisconsin and the Milwaukee County Historical Society. In addition to her professional work, she served as president of AFSCME Local 526 at the Milwaukee Public Museum for nearly seven years. She has a master’s degree in public history from UW-Milwaukee, where her coursework focused on how the general public engages with and finds meaning in history.