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Marisa L. Berman, is a Long Island native and local historian. Berman has spent the last twelve years working in various museums, libraries and other historic sites in the New York area. She served as Executive Director of the Queens Historical Society in Flushing from 2007 to 2012, where she curated multiple exhibitions using the Society’s historical archives, as well as gave lectures and led walking tours of the surrounding area.

It was while working in the Museum Division of the Nassau County Parks Department from 2005 to 2007, that Berman got the opportunity to experience the vast history of Long Island firsthand. She was stationed at Sands Point Preserve, Old Bethpage Village Restoration, as well as the Cradle of Aviation Air and Space Marisa L. Berman, is a Long Island native and local historian. Berman has spent the last twelve years working in various museums, libraries and other historic sites in the New York area. She served as Executive Director of the Queens Historical Society in Flushing from 2007 to 2012, where she curated multiple exhibitions using the Society’s historical archives, as well as gave lectures and led walking tours of the surrounding area.

It was while working in the Museum Division of the Nassau County Parks Department from 2005 to 2007, that Berman got the opportunity to experience the vast history of Long Island firsthand. She was stationed at Sands Point Preserve, Old Bethpage Village Restoration, as well as the Cradle of Aviation Air and Space Museum – ironically, the new home of the famous Nunley’s Carousel, the focus of her first book.

Berman holds a Masters degree in Fashion and Textile Studies from the Fashion Institute of Technology in New York City – a unique program that uses the history and theory of fashion specifically for museum work. She also holds a Bachelors degree in English Literature, as well as a Bachelors of Professional Studies in Fashion Design – both from Marist College in Poughkeepsie, NY.

Berman is currently serving as Assistant Director of the Harriet and Kenneth Kupferberg Holocaust Resource Center and Archives at Queensborough Community College CUNY in Bayside, NY. Although the subject matter is very different from her previous positions, Berman loves working with the students and faculty at the college and finding new ways to make history interesting and relevant to future generations.

On looking back on the research for her book, Images of America: Nunley's Amusement Park

Berman says, “I feel so privileged to bring this piece of lost history back for Long Islanders to enjoy. I have received so much support from the public while working on the book, as well as countless stories and photographs. This is a history that needed to be documented so that will never be forgotten.”
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