Jack Lohman is to step down as director of the Museum of London in March to take up a new role at Royal British Columbia Museum in Victoria in Canada.
Following his department the Museum of London’s executive committee will oversee the running of the organisation until a new director is recruited.
Lohman said: “Next month will mark the 10th year of my appointment to the post of director of the Museum of London. With this anniversary in mind and having completed the key projects I set out to achieve in time for the Olympics, I have accepted the post of chief executive and president of the Royal British Columbia Museum.”
During his time at the Museum of London, Lohman has overseen the opening the Museum of London Docklands, the launch of the Galleries of Modern London and the Clore Learning Centre.
He also took a lead role in the Museums, Libraries and Archives Council’s London Renaissance programme and transferred Museum of London Archaeology into a separate independent charity.
Michael Cassidy, chairman of the governors of the Museum of London, said: “I am of course extremely sad to say goodbye to Jack, but he will leave behind a very positive legacy. Jack has transformed the Museum of London into the institution we see today.”
The governors of the Museum of London have already begun the process of recruiting a new director.
The Museum of London current’s exhibition, Dickens and London, will be reviewed in February’s Museums Journal
Following his department the Museum of London’s executive committee will oversee the running of the organisation until a new director is recruited.
Lohman said: “Next month will mark the 10th year of my appointment to the post of director of the Museum of London. With this anniversary in mind and having completed the key projects I set out to achieve in time for the Olympics, I have accepted the post of chief executive and president of the Royal British Columbia Museum.”
During his time at the Museum of London, Lohman has overseen the opening the Museum of London Docklands, the launch of the Galleries of Modern London and the Clore Learning Centre.
He also took a lead role in the Museums, Libraries and Archives Council’s London Renaissance programme and transferred Museum of London Archaeology into a separate independent charity.
Michael Cassidy, chairman of the governors of the Museum of London, said: “I am of course extremely sad to say goodbye to Jack, but he will leave behind a very positive legacy. Jack has transformed the Museum of London into the institution we see today.”
The governors of the Museum of London have already begun the process of recruiting a new director.
The Museum of London current’s exhibition, Dickens and London, will be reviewed in February’s Museums Journal