Florence E. Schwein
Museum Associate

Florence Schwein is the hostess of Desert Diaries, aired week days at 8:59 a.m. on KTEP (88.5 FM). Desert Diaries is a co-production of KTEP (National Public Radio for the Southwest) and the Centennial Museum. As a Museum Associate, she develops collection- and mission-related learning-link materials and assists with the Centennial Museum/Chihuahuan Desert Gardens website. She began her work at the Centennial Museum in 1988 as the Education Curator and subsequently served as Director from 1992-2006.

Mrs. Schwein's Masters Degree is in Museum Education with a focus on Art History from The George Washington University, Washington, D.C. She holds a Business Certificate from Marycrest College, Kankakee, Illinois; an A.A. in Liberal Arts from Blackwood Community College, Blackwood, New Jersey; and a BA degree in Studio Art from George Mason University, Fairfax, Virginia. She has taught second grade through college-level students, served as Outreach Director at the Smithsonian Institution's Renwick Gallery, Washington, D. C., and was the founding Director of the Cleveland, Ohio, Police Museum and Historical Society.