Inside Cultural Heritage Management

Careers in archaeology

Liz Goodman, Archaeological conservator at the Museum of London

Taryn Nixon, Managing Director of the Museum of London Archaeology, talks about the variety of work done by the 200 archaeologists there, and the best ways to get into the field.

Colour after Klein, The Barbican, 2005

Senior curator at the Barbican

Jane Alison is Senior Curator at the Barbican, where she has worked for 25 years. Her work includes organising exhibitions and events, editing catalogues and managing a core exhibitions team of 12.

Hannah provides full administrative support to the team at Tyntesfield.

Property administrator

Hannah Seward-Thompson has a busy role as property administrator at Tyntesfield, a Grade 1 listed National Trust property in Somerset.

Diane Lees is the Director-General of the Imperial War Museum.

Diane Lees, museum director

Diane Lees is the Director-General of the Imperial War Museum. Before that, she was the director of the V&A Museum of Childhood. She spoke about her diverse working days, exhibition ideas, and leadership challenges.

Bradford's Industrial Museum has permanent displays of steam power.

Running a museum

Since the age of 15, Maggie Pedley has wanted to work in a museum. She worked at a number of local authority museums before becoming manager of the Bradford Industrial Museum.

News & views

John Kieffer has worked in UK and international cultural policy, arts management and programming.

Challenges for the arts

John Kieffer has worked in cultural policy, arts management and programming for over 20 years. He spoke about what he feels are the biggest challenges facing the cultural sector.

David Worthington is a member of D&AD and a fellow of the CSD and RSA. He is consultant curator to the London Transport Museum.

Design and culture

David Worthington is a professional design consultant. David spoke to Choices about curating the Design Gallery at the London Transport Museum and working between design and cultural heritage.

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Career article

There is a huge untapped market for utilising arts venue spaces.

Get income from arts venues

Lucy Povey is an experienced events manager and venue consultant. She works with venues to help them reach their potential by maximising income from the hire of their event spaces.

The Geffrye runs outreach projects for older people and family learning groups.

10 tips for audience growth

Audience development is about identifying who you want to engage with and knowing what steps to take to attract and retain their interest.

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