Kristen Haggerty Byrnes

Interprets the everyday stories of immigrant families in a historic house through guided tours, dealing with complicated issues of community, immigration and migration, prejudice and policy
Portrays in costume and 1st person a 1916 Turkish immigrant and 1869 Irish immigrant to bring these stories to life for families and schoolchildren

Hostess at Michelin-starred restaurant The NoMad. Responsible for seating guests and maintaining communication between floor, kitchen and bar staff. Responsibilities include taking reservations, customer service, and using both OpenTable and Micros computer systems.

Assisting with implementation of a vintage archive for a classic American clothing designer as well as updating new garment and accessory shipments.
Photographs garments for cataloguing, including mannequin dressing of celebrity garments
Assisted with coordinating of accessories photography
Assists with finalizing the vintage garment collection, which includes merchandising, physical integration, administrative record keeping, and organization of space and shelving.

Plans and executes programming that enhances the mission of this living history museum. Programs include workshops in topics such as horticulture and bread baking, children's education programs, and conferences.

Taught enameling, as well as other crafts to grades 3 to 9 during day camp.

Works with the study collections at MFIT, organizing and preparing costume racks for class lectures, as well as researching, filing, and library organization.

Provided customer care and organization of merchandise. As a seamstress, responsible for repairing and maintaining stock and altering purchased garments for customers.

Instructed children ages 5 to 12 during summer sewing camps, as well as teaching private instruction and classes to adults. Works with multiple skill levels, from beginner to advanced, with both machine and hand sewing.

Interpreted 17th century gownmaking and millinery at Colonial Williamsburg, including authentic period sewing techniques and clothing construction.

Responsible for designing and procuring 1830s costumes as well as dressing and maintaining the wardrobes of actors during the week-long shoot.

Duties included administrative tasks as well as assisting with planning the yearly benefit and other fundraising and development activities such as grant and donor research.

Costumed interpreter and costume shop assistant. Performed historical interpretation of 1830's textiles, and assisted the costume shop with costume fitting, construction, mending, and administrative work.

Worked as a costume shop assistant, researching clothing styles and textile terms for the greatest historical accuracy in the 17th century living history village. Constructed and repaired reproduction clothing, and performed demonstrations of 17th century textile work.