Shaker Museum relies on the generous support of individuals year-round to enable our important work preserving the legacy of the Shakers. Make a one-time, monthly, or annual donation online today.
Join our community and help preserve a collection of over 18,000 artifacts created and used by one of the most iconic Utopian communities in American history, as well as the historic Mount Lebanon site, the first organized site of Shakerism.
Join Shaker Museum in creating partnership opportunities for your company and employees in the heart of Columbia County.
For more information about corporate partnerships, please contact Lisa Malone Jackson at lmjackson@shakermuseum.us.
Join us as we build our beautiful new home for Shaker Museum in Chatham, NY, designed by Selldorf Architects.
For more information about contributing to our future home, please contact Lisa Malone Jackson at lmjackson@shakermuseum.us.
Ensure that your legacy and the future of Shaker Museum resonates with your kindness and generosity for generations to come.
For more information about planned giving options, please contact Lisa Malone Jackson at lmjackson@shakermuseum.us.
Collections Manager
Sharon Duane Koomler is a Shaker scholar and traditional letterpress printer living in upstate New York. She has academic degrees in American Folklore from Indiana University and Western Kentucky University. Sharon has worked at Shaker Museums from Kentucky to New Hampshire as an educator, curator, consultant, and director. She has written and published on Shaker material culture and spirituality, and lectured widely on Shaker art, life, and belief. Sharon has a particular interest in the under-researched social aspects of Shaker life and ways in which Shakers practiced inclusion and intentionality.