CHATHAM, NEW YORK. AUGUST 9, 2021 – Shaker Museum, which stewards the most comprehensive collection of Shaker material culture and archives, announced today the appointment of Matthew Malin to its Board of Trustees. Shaker Museum’s Board of Trustees now has seventeen members. Malin, who has extensive experience launching and building retail brands, is joining the Board of Trustees during a pivotal time for Shaker Museum.
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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.