Background
Nelson, Christina Hine was born on August 27, 1945 in Frederick, Maryland. Daughter of Willard and Maude Nelson.
Nelson, Christina Hine was born on August 27, 1945 in Frederick, Maryland. Daughter of Willard and Maude Nelson.
Bachelor, Hood College, 1967; Master of Arts in Art History, University of Illinois, 1972; Master of Arts in Early American Culture, U. Delaware, Winterthur, 1974.
Registrar, Society for the Preservation New England Antiquities, Boston, 1974-1976; associate curator ceramics and glass, The Henry Ford Museum and Greenfield Village, Dearborn, Michigan, 1977-1979; curator ceramics and glass, The Henry Ford Museum and Greenfield Village, Dearborn, Michigan, 1979-1984; curator decorative arts, The St. Louis Art Museum, 1984-1988; curator decorative arts, The Nelson-Atkins Museum Art, Kansas City, since 1989. Member of advisory committee Peabody Museum Salem, Massachusetts, since 1991, guest curator, 1984-1985. Visiting fellow St. Hilda's College, U. Oxford, fall 1991.
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Member American Ceramics Circle (vice president 1980-1984, president 1984-1988), French Porcelain Society, Rockhill Tennis Club.