Rebecca Massie Lane is director of the Washington County Museum of Fine Arts. She received her B.A. and M.A. in Art History from the University of Virginia, Charlottesville and from 1989-2008, was Director of Museums and Galleries as well as Associate Professor and Program Director in the Arts Management Program at Sweet Briar College in Virginia. Previously, she was Director of the Knoxville Museum of Art, Knoxville, Tennessee and served the curatorial department at the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts in Richmond, Virginia.

Since serving the Washington County Museum of Fine Arts, she has led the museum in completing three Museum Assessment Program (MAP) grants, has undertaken strategic planning, has balanced the budget, has developed a collections philosophy and collections management policy, and has originated numerous innovative exhibitions including the 2012-13 "Valley of the Shadow" funded by the Maryland Heritage Area Authority.  In 2011, the Museum completed the enclosure of the Museum’s central courtyard to create a glass-roofed Atrium. In 2011, the Museum commemorated its 80th anniversary with a year of special exhibitions and programs. The Singer Memorial Gallery was refurbished and reinterpreted in 2013. In 2014, the museum completed a three-year complete art collection inventory funded by a grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services. Ms. Lane serves on the Maryland Commission for Artistic Property, the Washington County Convention and Visitors’ Bureau board of directors for which she is secretary, and the Hagerstown Arts and Entertainment District Board. 

Rebecca Massie Lane