Dr. Laura Keim

Biography

Laura Keim teaches the History of the American Domestic Interior and has co-taught history planning seminars centered on the Germantown neighborhood of northwest Philadelphia. She has worked with the Historic Germantown consortium on sixteen sites and has advised theses on diverse topics including nineteenth-century furniture and twentieth-century plastic laminate. Laura served as Curator at Stenton, a historic site in northwest Philadelphia, and has worked with the Wyck Historic Germantown consortium. Her publications include articles in ANTIQUES Magazine and Ceramics America, and she has completed a visitor’s guide for Stenton. Her primary research interests encompass architecture, decorative arts, and material culture with a focus on Atlantic world history and the historical understanding of past England and America. She has organized a national conference on James Logan and networks of Atlantic culture and politics. Currently, she is involved in the restoration of the Yellow Lodging Room at Stenton, mounting a re-created flying tester bed with yellow worsted damask. Laura's work involves conveying historical context and meaning through the study and interpretation of historic buildings, objects, and landscapes.

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