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Lea C. Lane is an experienced curator specializing in decorative arts and material culture, currently serving as the Curator at the Museum of Early Southern Decorative Arts within Old Salem Museums & Gardens since June 2022. Prior to this role, Lane worked at Preservation Virginia as the Curator of Collections from December 2019 to June 2022, and held the position of Curatorial Assistant at the Cincinnati Art Museum from January 2018 to December 2019. Early career experiences include an internship at the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation and a fellowship at Winterthur Museum. Lane's educational background includes a Master of Arts in American Material Culture from the University of Delaware and a Bachelor of Arts in History from the University of Virginia.