Moves

British Library chief executive steps down amid strike action

Board member takes over as interim director after resignation of Rebecca Lawrence

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

David Gaimster appointed director of Strawberry Hill House

Gaimster to focus on financial sustainability and strategic development of gothic revival castle

Nick Merriman steps down as chief executive of English Heritage

Geoff Parkin appointed interim head as Merriman leaves role for personal reasons

Simon Wallis appointed to lead Royal Academy of Arts

Founding director of the Hepworth Wakefield will take up London role in September

In brief | Latest moves, funding and capital projects

New director for Pitzhanger Manor | Latest Heritage Fund grants | Barber Institute revamp

Moves

The latest appointments in museums, galleries and heritage

Conrad Bodman announced as CEO of the Story Museum

Bodman succeeds outgoing chief executive Caroline Jones

Joint chiefs appointed to Historic England in job share

Claudia Kenyatta and Emma Squire will lead heritage body from October

First director appointed for Trent Park House of Secrets

Giuseppe Albano named chief of new museum dedicated to WWII ‘secret listeners’