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Sarah Archer

Consulting Curator and Book Editor for Radical Americana

Sarah Archer is one of America's leading experts on design and material culture. A native New Yorker now based in Philadelphia, she has worn many hats - author, curator, editor, reviewer, lecturer, and broadcaster - always with a combination of accessible style and scholarly insight. Her writing can be found in full-length books, including The Midcentury Kitchen, Midcentury Christmas, and Catland: the Soft Power of Cat Culture in Japan; in numerous museum publications, most recently for the Wharton Esherick Museum; in print (The New York Times and Material Intelligence, among others) and online (The New Yorker, T Magazine, The Atlantic, and Architectural Digest.) She also consults with companies and museums, helping to develop deeply researched public-facing content. Previously, she was senior curator at the Philadelphia Art Alliance and the Director of Greenwich House Pottery; more recently, she has appeared as a regular guest on the podcast You’re Wrong About and in the CNN documentary “The Many Lives of Martha Stewart.”

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Opening April 2026

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