The Atlantic Museum Staff

Where the typical museum requires dozens if not hundreds of dedicated staff members, from curators and administrators to technicians and security guards, a virtual museum can survive with as few as one.



James Nickelson, M.Phil

Curator

James Nickelson is the founder, director, chief curator and webmaster of the Atlantic Museum of Civilization. James holds undergraduate degrees in Ancient Studies and in Anthropology from Michigan State University, as well as a Master’s degree in Archaeology from the University of Glasgow. He has participated in archaeological investigations at Roman sites along Hadrian’s Wall, post-Medieval crofts in Scotland’s Outer Hebrides, and Iron Age to Medieval sites on the Isle of Skye, Scotland. 

Professionally he has worked at the Public Museum of Grand Rapids, on the editorial staff of The Athena Review, and spent 16 years in the non-profit field. He has now turned his attentions to the Atlantic Museum Project and creating the fictional world of Dusty Cavendish.

James Nickelson moving stones from the walls of the Flora MacDonald House during excavations in Milton, South Uist, UK.