Jane C. Nylander is a trustee of Old Sturbridge Village and president emerita of Historic New England. Formerly director of Strawbery Banke Museum, curator of textiles and ceramics at Old Sturbridge Village, and governor of The Decorative Arts Trust, Nylander has lectured extensively on New England social history and domestic interiors, textiles, clothing, and antiquarianism, as well as on the significance, organization, and management of museum collections in the US and abroad. Widely published in periodicals including Antiques, Antiques and Fine Arts, Early American Life, and Historic New England, her most recent book is Windows on the Past: Four Centuries of New England Homes (Historic New England, 2009).
