Erica Lome joined Historic New England as Associate Curator in March 2022. Previously, she was the Peggy N. Gerry Curatorial Associate at the Concord Museum, a position sponsored by the Decorative Arts Trust. Erica received her B.A. from Bard College, an M.A. from the Bard Graduate Center in New York, and her Ph.D. from the American Civilization Program at the University of Delaware. Erica has over seven years’ experience in the field of American decorative arts and material culture and has worked for the New-York Historical Society, the Boston Furniture Archive, Nemours Estate, and Winterthur Museum.