Byron Smith

Byron Smith grew up in a suburb of Chicago, and is a descendant of early settlers of Hampshire County, West Virginia. Currently he is the Executive Director and Curator of the Newtown History Center in Stephens City, Virginia, a post he has held since 2005. Prior to that he served as the educator and collections manager for that museum. Since 2004 he has also been an adjunct lecturer in the undergraduate historic preservation program at Shepherd University teaching courses in documentation of historic properties and American decorative arts. He has worked at other museums including Colonial Williamsburg, Pamplin Historical Park in Petersburg, Virginia, and the Paul Revere House in Boston, Massachusetts. He holds a BA in literature from Grove City College, a graduate level certificate in museum studies from Harvard University and a master’s degree in history from the University of Richmond.