Leadership
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
Moves | Recent appointments in museums, galleries and heritage
Suzanne Rolt named chief executive of Arnolfini | Anna Jobson joins Freud Museum
British Library chief executive steps down amid strike action
Board member takes over as interim director after resignation of Rebecca Lawrence
Funding gives museum leaders in Scotland more time for future planning
Museums Galleries Scotland awards £600,000 via new Leadership Capacity Fund
Diversity in cultural leadership has ‘stalled’, report finds
Creative UK research shows that just 6% of higher-level heritage professionals are from an ethnic minority background
Anna Jobson appointed director of Freud Museum London
Jobson succeeds interim director Dan Feeney at 'pivotal time' for museum
Tilly Blyth steps down as director of Weald & Downland Living Museum
Blyth appointed executive director of collections and curatorial at IWM
Director appointed to Museum of Cambridge
Alex Smaridge to lead on strategy as museum makes plans for major redevelopment
US entomologist becomes director of University of Oxford Museum of Natural History
Gavin J Svenson joins institution from Cleveland Museum of Natural History
