Tammis Kane Groft is the Chief Curator and Deputy Director for Collections and Exhibitions for the Albany Institute of History and Art. She has organized over 70 museum exhibitions and lectured and published on a variety of topics related to the art, history, and culture of the Hudson River Valley, including the art and architecture of the early Dutch settlers, 19th-century Hudson River school painters, Hudson River trade and transportation, and the region's notable estates and art collections.