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- Plans approved to create new London Museum and regenerate Smithfield
- From DJ sets to late-night cinema Museum of London announces blockbuster festival weekends to close London Wall
- fabric to become world’s first nightclub-in-residence in a Museum
- Major new Museum of London Docklands exhibition uncovers London’s 700 year history of public executions
- 15-year-old Londoner takes over city bus stops as winner announced of Museum of London, BBC 100 & TfL poetry competition
- Museum of London unveils Greatest Hits mural to celebrate 45 years at London Wall
- Museum of London marks 100 days to closure with free event and giveaways for visitors
- Museum of London raises a further £7 million towards its new home at West Smithfield
- Museum of London celebrates 45 years at London Wall as it commences countdown to closure
- Sunil Gupta’s ‘Pretended’ Family Relationships photo series acquired by the Museum of London
- Putin’s Happy – Museum of London acquires Jeremy Deller film revealing a divided country and a city full of protest
- The Museum of London celebrates city's sporting hero with new display on Harry Kane
- The Museum of London presents 'Grime Stories: from the corner to the mainstream', opening 17 June 2022
- Joe Corré, Jordan and Richard Boon to appear in an uncensored, live Punk.London debate
- 300 year old love message embroidered in human hair to go on display at the Museum of London Docklands
- Museum of London begins countdown to West Smithfield relocation
- Douglas Gilmore appointed Managing Director of Museum of London Docklands
- New research to shed fresh light on the impact of industrialisation
- The Prince of Wales becomes Museum of London Patron
- The Clash’s Paul Simonon’s famous Fender Precision bass to go on display
- Behind the Scenes of the Museum of London
- Stanton Williams and Asif Khan to design new Museum of London at West Smithfield
- Museum of London acquires ensemble inspired by the creativity of the Windrush generation
- Feeding Black: Community, Power & Place opening 16 July at Museum of London Docklands
- Museum of London acquires NHS sign from ZSL London Zoo’s Giraffe House as part of Collecting COVID
- Museum of London sites set to reopen 19 May with extensions of Dub London: Bassline of a City and Havering Hoard: A Bronze Age Mystery
- Museum of London acquires Mayor of Lambeth’s homemade ceremonial chain as part of Collecting COVID project
- Museum of London acquires ‘viral’ Tweets for Collecting COVID
- Weavers’ Company donate £100,000 to the Museum of London’s move to Smithfield
- Museum of London receives Trump Baby blimp ahead of the Presidential Inauguration
- Museum of London to collect COVID dreams
- Arsenal’s captain donates Black Lives Matter shirt to the Museum of London
- Dub London: Bassline of a City opening 2 October at the Museum of London
- Public statement October 2020
- London Sugar & Slavery gallery
- New major exhibition Havering Hoard: A Bronze Age Mystery opens 11 September at the Museum of London Docklands
- Robert Milligan statue statement
- Museum of London sites to reopen 6 August with four-week extension of The Clash: London Calling display
- Public statement
- Museum of London releases first ever recorded soundscapes of London alongside new recordings of London in lockdown as part of Collecting COVID project
- Design concepts for new museum at West Smithfield revealed
- The Museum of London collects shared experiences of Ramadan in lockdown as part of Collecting COVID project
- Unheard oral histories are released by the Museum of London to mark Windrush Day
- Collecting Covid: the Museum of London seeks to mark unprecedented pandemic for the future
- Millicent Fawcett’s ‘Steadfastness and Courage’ brooch to go on permanent display for the first time
- Museum of London submits plans to create a new world-class cultural destination in West Smithfield
- King Charles I’s execution vest to go on display in new major exhibition
- Museum of London to celebrate Dub Reggae and its influence on the capital
- East End bastion Syd’s coffee stall to be donated to the Museum of London
- Free exhibit celebrating the making of The Clash’s ground-breaking album ‘London Calling’ now open
- Museum of London acquires extremely rare plate that belonged to Samuel Pepys
- The story of the Krios of Sierra Leone to be told in the Museum of London Docklands’ latest display
- Museum of London to host The Clash: London Calling exclusive free exhibit of over 100 personal items
- The largest ever Bronze Age hoard in London has been discovered
- Designs for Museum of London’s new West Smithfield home revealed
- Smithfield Street Party
- Museum of London hopes to acquire both the Trump Baby Blimp and the Sadiq Khan Blimp as part of their permanent collection
- Secret Rivers
- Beasts of London
- Recently acquired panorama goes on display for the first time at the Museum of London
- Museum of London appoints leading names to Board of Governors
- Earliest skull ever mudlarked from the Thames to go on display at the Museum of London
- Museum of London acquires beautiful panorama of lost Houses of Parliament
- Bengali arts and culture on show at the Museum of London Docklands family festival.
- Bonus Levels: Artist Lawrence Lek invites viewers to re-imagine future London
- Young Londoners to take over Museum of London this March
- The Museum of London hopes to acquire Whitechapel 'fatberg'
- Treasured children’s author Jacqueline Wilson’s latest book Wave Me Goodbye inspires family day at the Museum of London Docklands
- The City is Ours: A Tale of New Cities
- Adventures in Peter Pan’s Neverland at Museum of London Docklands
- Photography of Londoners and their pastimes on show at Museum of London
- Tracking London’s most talked about topics and emojis
- London Nights: Museum of London unveils the city at night in major photography exhibition
- Museum of London Docklands celebrates Chinese New Year this February half term
- Statement on 20 May 2017
- Whitechapel’s famous monster fatberg is coming to the Museum of London
- Museum of London Docklands to showcase rare Roman sarcophagus in first public display
- Malcolm Reading Consultants appointed to run West Smithfield International Design Competition
- 8,000 years of human history on display at the Museum of London Docklands
- An Idea for a Future London open call winner announced
- Five Museum of London apprentices appointed
- London Visions: Hypothetical scenarios of a future London
- “Reputational whitewashing” investigated in latest display at the Museum of London Docklands.
- Rare George Cross medal goes on display at the Museum of London Docklands
- Museum of London displays recently acquired Sutherland drawings in new exhibition of Blitz artwork
- What does the future hold for London and cities around the world?
- Mayor of London and City of London Corporation pledge support for new Museum of London at West Smithfield
- Smithfield street party: Museum of London celebrates 150 years of Smithfield markets
- Museum of London uses Minecraft to recreate the Great Fire of 1666
- Museum of London releases third and final Great Fire 1666 Minecraft map
- Taste not waste: Be inspired by unique recipes using your leftover food for a more sustainable future London
- Museum of London opens most theatrical exhibition ever to mark 350th anniversary of the Great Fire of London
- Museum of London acquires 100 menswear items worn by townscape consultant Francis Golding
- Votes for Women programme
- Technology replacing jobs won’t halt our working spirit
- Rare Victoria Cross with mysterious story to go on display at the Museum of London
- New display at the Museum of London traces the capital’s obsession with ice skating
- Rare tools give insight into working lives of Roman Londoners at the Museum of London
- New display reveals complex history of British Army’s West India Regiments
- Historic vessels Knocker White and Varlet set sail to new home at Trinity Buoy Wharf
- Missing Bake Off? Take your taste buds back in time with 17th century gingerbread
- Paddington returns to Museum of London
- Learn how to code like a pro and celebrate digital technology at the Museum of London’s free family festival
- 17th century fire engine restored for Great Fire exhibition
- Museum of London boosts Great Fire collections with mysterious manuscript
- Major new gallery at Museum of London Docklands explores history of the world's largest docks
- Sir Edward Lister joins Museum of London Board of Governors
- West Smithfield Design Competition shortlist announced
- Museum of London bolsters its art collections
- West Smithfield International Design Competition launched
- Another record-breaking year for the Museum of London
- After dark at The Night Museum
- New display about the life of ‘The Royal African’ and the slave trade
- Statue of Robert Milligan joins Museum of London collection
- Our statement on Fabric
- People of Punk bring the year of celebration to an end
- Tunnel: the archaeology of Crossrail
- Museum of London to make 5,000 stories from the capital available to the public for the first time
- The Museum of London Docklands announces major exhibition with public call out to find iconic pieces of fashion history
- Trump Baby Blimp undergoes test inflation
- Museum of London Docklands launches the Dodger family trail, based on BAFTA-winning BBC TV series, Dodger
- Museum of London Docklands announces Indo + Caribbean: The creation of a culture
- Young Londoners push for a more sustainable city in Museum of London report
- Museum of London Docklands announces street party to mark its 20th anniversary, with Vanity Milan, star of Ru Paul’s Drag Race, to headline
- Museum of London formally appoints Sir Robert McAlpine as Construction Management Company on Smithfield project
- Rare Festival of Britain sculpture discovered in London garden will join Museum of London collection
- Jennifer Francis appointed Director of External Affairs at Museum of London
- Museum of London announces acquisition of major sports collecting project, including Wimbledon oral histories
- Coats worn by Princess Diana and Dot Cotton to go on display as part of a major new exhibition
- Bridget Banton and Samir Patel join Museum of London Board of Governors
- Museum of London issues public call for iconic signs from across the capital
- First witness to the Great Fire of London uncovered
- Opening Friday 13 October – Fashion City: How Jewish Londoners shaped global style at Museum of London Docklands
- Foundation stone unveiled for the new London Museum as principal construction works begin
- New research finds Black women of African descent more likely to die of medieval plague
- Rare tie discovered in charity shop goes on display in London fashion exhibition
- Museum of London Docklands launches new display in collaboration with Mind and Taking Shape Association
- Acclaimed Fashion City exhibition extended to 7 July 2024 with free student ticket offer for April and May
Museum of London appoints leading names to Board of Governors
4 March 2019
Today, the Museum of London announces the appointment of four new Governors each bringing expertise from across the commercial, tech and youth sectors. Joining the Board will be:
• Douglas Gilmore, an executive director at National Gallery Company Ltd. He is a trustee of The Geffrye Museum of the Home, a Fellow of the Royal Society and an alumnus and member of the Association of the National Youth Theatre.
• Lindsay Herbert, Digital Transformation expert, Inventor, Senior Technology Leader at IBM.
• Milyae Park, seasoned executive with extensive experience running and advising retail and consumer companies within FTSE 100s to start-ups in scale, both mass market and luxury.
• Gail Tolley, Strategic Director, Children and Young People, and statutory Director of Children’s Services (DCS) for the London Borough of Brent, vice chair of the Association of London Directors of Children’s Services (ALDCS).
The four new Governors will take up post from 1 March 2019 onwards. The appointments follow an extensive search across all sectors, they are appointments to the Museum’s Board by the Greater London Authority (GLA). Chair of the appointing panel was Justine Simons, Deputy Mayor for Culture and the Creative Industries.
Justine Simons, Deputy Mayor for Culture and the Creative Industries, said: “I’m delighted that Douglas, Lindsay, Milyae and Gail have been appointed as Governors for the Museum of London. They bring with them a wide range of experience and expertise that will be a real asset to the Board. It’s an incredibly exciting time to join the Museum of London and I’m sure they will help drive forward the team as they create a thriving cultural destination at the heart of West Smithfield.”
Clive Bannister, Chairperson of the Museum of London and CEO of Phoenix Group Holdings PLC, said: “This is the most exciting and ambitious time to join the Museum of London as we look ahead to our transformational new home at West Smithfield. To help get us there we will the need the very best people on our Board bringing in new skills and energy to our already strong group of members. Each of our four new Governors are experts in their respective fields and I look forward to working with them all on one of the biggest cultural projects happening anywhere in Europe.”
Douglas Gilmore, said:
“I am honoured to be joining the Museum of London board, particularly at this time. I look forward to working with my new colleagues and supporting Sharon Ament and her team in realising Stanton Williams and Asif Khan’s innovative design concept to create a great new museum for London. With the Culture Mile, as well as the Elizabeth Line coming to Farringdon, the location in West Smithfield is part of what will become one of London’s most significant public spaces.”
Lindsay Herbert said:
“This city is a vibrant kaleidoscope of cultures, demographics, and values. I can’t wait to help further success of the museum to represent Londoners of every borough, birthplace and background. I’m especially excited for the opportunities presented by the New Museum, and look forward to informing the Board’s discussions and reflections to help deliver a transformational experience for Londoners and visitors alike.”
Milyae Park said:
“Having been enriched by London myself and choosing it as my home, it is a great privilege to able to play a part in guiding the Museum of London as it enters its period of significant change. With its broad cultural and commercial appeal, alongside an impressive education agenda, I’m excited to be part of the team and help shape the way forward in the coming years.”
Gail Tolley said:
“I am passionate about enhancing the life chances and experiences of our young citizens and this chimes perfectly with what the museum is doing and will continue to do. To have the opportunity to help shape the strategy for the next five years would be a privilege and draw upon my expertise since my first, memorable visit to the museum as a newly qualified teacher.”
The Museum’s Board of Governors is made up of members appointed by both the Mayor of London and the City of London Corporation. Governor positions are unpaid and act as trustees of the Museum of London.
Further information: https://www.museumoflondon.org.uk/about-us/our-org...
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Governor biographies:
Douglas Gilmore is an executive director at National Gallery Company Ltd, where he is responsible for commercial activities that support the National Gallery. Previously his career has included retail operations, store format development and international franchising.
He is a trustee of The Geffrye Museum of the Home, where he chairs the subsidiary trading company, Geffrye Museum Enterprises Ltd.; a Fellow of the Royal Society for the Encouragement of Arts, Manufactures and Commerce, and an alumnus and member of the Association of the National Youth Theatre. London has been his home for 35 years after being educated at schools in Hackney, Barnet and Bath, before graduating from the University of London. He is a member of the London Topographical Society.
Lindsay Herbert is Inventor and Senior Technical Leader at IBM. She is also the author of the book Digital Transformation, which published internationally with Bloomsbury in December 2017. At IBM, Lindsay uncovers new solutions to answer major industry challenges. This includes working with start-ups, launching pilots, trialling emerging technologies, as well as forging cross-sector collaborations.
Among Lindsay’s inventions is IBM Instant Checkout, a ground-breaking system that detects shop items without needing to individually scan them, and then enables rapid and secure payment. As an innovation expert, Lindsay’s core message is that ‘digital transformation’ really just means to be more adaptive to change itself – achieved by transforming an organisation’s culture and ways of working, than by imposing complex technical solutions.
Milyae Park is a seasoned executive with experience running and advising retail and consumer companies from FTSE 100 to start-up in scale. Her international and UK responsibilities have ranged across growth and turnaround situations in the luxury and mass markets.
Milyae began her career as an advisor at a variety of companies in the US and the UK, including Goldman Sachs and Accenture, where she latterly became a partner and the interim lead for EMEA in the M&A and Strategy group. Following her advisory work, she moved on to roles as a Commercial Director and as a Business Development Director at Tesco, before joining Marks and Spencer as the Director overseeing Europe.
She later turned to more entrepreneurial roles in the fashion industry, including being the CEO of L’Wren Scott and the CEO of a womenswear start-up. Currently, Milyae advises retail and consumer companies on transformation and growth strategies, with a focus on omnichannel/digital, brand, and product. Milyae holds an MBA from Wharton.
Gail Tolley is the Strategic Director, Children and Young People for the London Borough of Brent. Gail began her career in teaching and was a secondary school head teacher before moving into local government in 2004 as Assistant Director, Learning and School Effectiveness for the London Borough of Camden.
Following this, she spent five years as Director of Children’s Services for Milton Keynes Council before moving to Brent in 2014.
Gail is Vice Chair of the Association of London Directors of Children’s Services and leads for London on education and schools. She also chairs the national Association of Directors of Children’s Services Educational Achievement Committee.
Brent, the London Borough of Culture for 2020, has children and young people at the heart of both the bid and all preparations. The engagement of children and young people in local history and museums has been a priority for Gail ever since she led her first educational visit to…. the Museum of London.
About The Museum of London
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