The Trustees of Shaker Museum | Mount Lebanon unanimously elected Mary Gail Biebel to the Board and to the office of Treasurer on Saturday, August 3. Biebel has been involved with the Shaker Museum for many years in a pro bono consulting capacity, most recently assisting the organization to draft its 2018 – 2020 strategic plan.
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.