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Leadership

Working life | ‘I’m passionate about exploring all sides of the criminal justice system’

Simon Tansley, the director of London’s Bow Street Museum of Crime and Justice, discusses a project inspired by the writer Oscar Wilde

Towner Eastbourne appoints new CEO

Camden Art Centre’s Martin Clark will take up post in 2027 as gallery embarks on new development

Fund has helped Scotland’s museums ‘move beyond day-to-day survival’

Evaluation report looks at impact of Museum Futures scheme one year in

King’s Birthday Honours List celebrates museum and heritage sector

Wellcome’s Melanie Keen and Beamish’s Rhiannon Hiles among those recognised this year

Q&A | ‘The people of Wakefield have voted for change, and we have to engage with that’

Olivia Colling and Laura Smith on joint leadership, commercial ambitions and working with a Reform council

Moves | Shakespeare Birthplace Trust gets first creative director

More senior appointments at Foundling Museum and Amgueddfa Cymru

Helen Hartstein appointed manager of Royal Albert Memorial Museum

Hartstein will shape museum’s long-term direction and development of its programme

Hepworth Wakefield appoints Olivia Colling and Laura Smith as co-directors

Pair will 'complement each other's strengths'

Cathy Putz appointed director of Ben Uri Gallery

Putz to work on delivery of museum’s recently announced digital research institute

Joe Hill to take up helm at Yorkshire Sculpture Park

Meanwhile, Sally Tallant is named as new director of London’s Hayward Gallery

Melanie Keen steps down as director of Wellcome Collection

Sam Owen to act as interim director when Keen leaves this spring

Art Fund launches Museum Directors Survey 2026

Charity urges leaders to help shape its new five-year strategy