The National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) has offered the Shaker Museum and
Library a grant to construct a construct and outfit a climate-controlled collections storage
facility in its new museum building. NEH is an independent grant-making agency of the
United States government dedicated to supporting research, education, preservation, and
public programs in the humanities.
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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.