ABOVE: Pieces from the One Orlando Collection, on display during the Orange County Regional History Center’s 2019 Pulse exhibit. (Photo by Jeremy Williams)
ORLANDO | Pamela Schwartz, the Orange County Regional History Center’s chief curator who was the architect behind the One Orlando Collection Initiative, has been named the center’s new executive director.
According to a press release Feb. 23, Schwartz has been serving as the history center’s interim executive director since former director Michael Perkins retired in January.
“I’m honored to lead the next chapter in Orange County Regional History Center’s service to the community,” Schwartz said in a statement. “I want to express my gratitude to Orange County and the Historical Society’s Board for placing their faith in me. I am eager to continue the excellent work of this institution alongside its very talented staff to take both the History Center and Historical Society to even greater heights.”
In the wake of the 2016 Pulse tragedy, Schwartz helped develop the One Orlando Collection Initiative, which set out to collect, conserve and catalog artifacts to honor the Pulse Nightclub tragedy. More than 10,000 items were collected from a variety of memorial sites including Pulse nightclub, the Dr. Phillips Center for the Performing Arts, Lake Eola and the Orlando Regional Medical Center.
“The Stories They Could Tell,” the history center’s fourth-year Pulse remembrance exhibition, is available to view virtually due to the ongoing pandemic until May 30. The online exhibit, which is available in both English and Spanish, shares stories of the items and artifacts collected.
For more information on Schwartz and the Orange County Regional History Center, and to visit the virtual Pulse exhibition, go to TheHistoryCenter.org.
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