Background
Dressel, Barry was born on January 10, 1947 in Washington, District of Columbia, United States. Son of August and Uldena Dressel.
Dressel, Barry was born on January 10, 1947 in Washington, District of Columbia, United States. Son of August and Uldena Dressel.
Bachelor, East Carolina University, 1969. Master of Arts, East Carolina University, 1972.
Assistant curator History Society Delaware, Wilmington, 1975-1976. Assistant director Baltimore City Life Museum, 1976-1985. Director City of Detroit History Department, 1985-1989, Berkshire Museum, Pittsfield, Massachusetts, 1989-1993.
Private practice museum consultant, 1993-1996. Director Turks and Caicos (British West Indies) National Museum, 1996-1998, Walter P. Chrysler Museum, Auburn Hills, Michigan, 1998—2007, Indiana State Museum & Historic Sites, Indianapolis, since 2007.
Board of directors Walter P. Chrysler History Museum, Auburn Hills, Michigan, since 1998. Trustee Museum African American History, Detroit, 1987-1989. Founder, chair Consortium of New England Cmty.
Museum, 1993-1995. Member American Association Museum, American Association State and Local History.
Married Judith Herdt Riley, 1984. Children: Jason, Nicholas Eliot.