2 Joined the museum profession in 1953 and, after a number of museum posts in York, Stevenage and Bradford, joined the Museum and Art Gallery Service for Yorkshire and Humberside in 1963 as display and publicity officer and subsequently as its first director. In 1970 he was appointed first Director of Area Museum Service for south‐eastern England. Appointed director of Portsmouth City Museums and on the formation of the Mary Rose Trust in 1979 became its Executive Director. Fellow of the Museums Association; Churchill Fellow, 1967. He has written a number of articles and papers on museum philosophy.
1 This article is an amended version of one that first appeared in Museums Journal, Vol. 81, No. 1, June 1981, pp. 11–17. We are grateful to the publisher and to the author for permission to reprint this material here, particularly the drawings, plan and photographs.—Ed.
Notes
2 Joined the museum profession in 1953 and, after a number of museum posts in York, Stevenage and Bradford, joined the Museum and Art Gallery Service for Yorkshire and Humberside in 1963 as display and publicity officer and subsequently as its first director. In 1970 he was appointed first Director of Area Museum Service for south‐eastern England. Appointed director of Portsmouth City Museums and on the formation of the Mary Rose Trust in 1979 became its Executive Director. Fellow of the Museums Association; Churchill Fellow, 1967. He has written a number of articles and papers on museum philosophy.
1 This article is an amended version of one that first appeared in Museums Journal, Vol. 81, No. 1, June 1981, pp. 11–17. We are grateful to the publisher and to the author for permission to reprint this material here, particularly the drawings, plan and photographs.—Ed.