Affiliate Position
- Adjunct Assistant Teaching Professor, University of Washington, Department of History
Specializations
- Museums
- Curation
- Exhibit Development
Research Areas
Courses
- MUSEUM 525 - Exhibit Development Ii
- MUSEUM 583 - Directed Fieldwork In Museum Operations
Biography
Lane Eagles is an Assistant Teaching Professor in the Information School at the University of Washington, where she serves as faculty for the Master of Arts in Museology program. Her research sits at the intersection of museums -- particularly the specialization of art museums, curation, and exhibit development -- art history, and history. She holds an adjunct appointment in the Department of History. Eagles holds a Ph.D. and master’s in Art History, both from the University of Washington, and a Bachelor of Arts from the University of Oklahoma.
Education
- Ph D, University of Washington, 2019
- MA, Art History, University of Washington, 2013
- BA, Art History, University of Oklahoma, 2010
Awards
- Míċeál Vaughan Textual and Manuscript Studies Award - Textual Studies Programs, University of Washington, 2019
- Art Innovation Award - Division of Art History, University of Washington, 2018
- Julaine Martin Endowed Scholarship in the Arts - Division of Art History, University of Washington, 2018
- Textual Studies Program Graduate Research Award - Textual Studies Program, University of Washington, 2018
- Graduate School Fund for Excellence & Innovation Travel Award - University of Washington, 2017
- Thelma I. Pell Recognition Award - Division of Art History, University of Washington, 2014-2016
Publications and Contributions
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Exhibit Press ReleaseForest Forms (2025)
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Journal Article, Academic JournalReading a Raphael Through Dress: Pregnancy, Gender, and Display in La Donna Gravida (2025)Dress, 51(2), pp. 153-171
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Magazine/Trade Publication9 Everyday Objects from the Middle Ages (2023)History Channel
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Journal Article, Professional JournalPortraits and fashion: Sandro Botticelli, Portrait of a Young Woman (2019)Smarthistory
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Journal Article, Professional JournalBeauty Adorns Virtue:’ Italian Renaissance Fashion (2018)Beauty Adorns Virtue:’ Italian Renaissance Fashion, New York Fashion Institute of Technology
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Journal Article, Professional JournalThe Question of Pregnancy in Jan van Eyck’s Arnolfini Portrait (2018)Smarthistory
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Journal Article, Academic JournalWarburg’s Etruscan Florentines (2018)SEQUITUR, 4(2)
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Broadcast MediaHow fashion adapted to climate change – in the Little Ice Age (2017)The Conversation
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Journal Article, Academic JournalWhen Wax Ruled Florence: Redefining Florentine Portrait Effigies (2014)Parnassus, 10, pp. 34-39
Presentations
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Career Panel
(2025)
MUS 599 - Seattle, WA
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Exhibit Storytelling at the Henry Art Gallery
(2025)
ENGL 108 Place-Based Pedagogies - Seattle, WA
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Modern Art at the Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam
(2025)
iSchool Netherlands: Dutch Designs: Innovation in Library, Museum and Information Services in the Netherlands - Netherlands
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The Burke Museum’s Fishbowl Approach
(2025)
INFO 462 Design Systems - Seattle, WA
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Il Paragone: Da Vinci vs. Leonardo
(2024)
Seattle Pacific Art Center - Seattle, WA
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She Paints the Northwest: 20th Century Women Artists and Historical Legacy
(2024)
Cascadia Art Museum - Edmonds, Washington