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Nostell, England, United Kingdom

Nostell Priory

Responsible for presentation, the visitor experience and developing the visitor offer to enhance Spirit of Place and SignificanceCurator of Thomas Chippendale-The Man and the Brand exhibition Curator of Interior Worlds, a major new visitor experience on the State Floor Project managed a major redisplay of Nostell Dolls’ House and associated programming, researched and wrote a comprehensive guidebookCreated a presentation & interpretation plan and a programming strategyLead for marketing and press, specialist talksDeveloped both onsite and online digital interpretive resources Supported a people change work-stream, creating new volunteer roles to support a transformed visitor experience, providing specialist knowledge and trainingCreated ground floor visitor offer during Covid opening restrictions

Derby Properties

Portfolio lead for curatorial issues and strategic lead for conservation planning Member of portfolio Senior Management Team, deputizing for GM in their absenceManaged and mentored four Heads of Department across Kedleston and Sudbury Acted as client, sponsor or project manager for all major conservation and curatorial projects, managing internal and external stakeholder relationships Portfolio lead for conservation performance indicator and conservation action planning Project managed the restoration of the State Apartment at Kedleston Wrote Spirit of Place for Kedleston and a related workstream on presentation Created a 10-year vision for Kedleston and an engagement plan for the State FloorLed a major project of regeneration in Kedleston’s designed landscape including planning and delivering a programme of work on both natural and built features, managed HLS agreement and stakeholder relationship with Natural England, tenant farmers and historic family

Kedleston Hall, Derbyshire

Responsible for presentation, conservation, compliance and visitor care Extensive hands-on experience of preventative and remedial conservation, emergency planning and event managementProperty lead in planning and delivery of major building projectsCurated the restoration and re-presentation of 3 Edwardian spaces to enhance significance and develop extended visitor offerLed a refurbishment of the Eastern Museum, including cataloguing, inventory marking, research, refurbishment of display casesCoordinated a major inventory and photographic projectManaged successful Accreditation returns and a collections storage projectResearched the history of domestic provision, using the on-site archivesCreated and delivered specialist talks and tours Co-curated a contemporary silverware exhibition in partnership with the Goldsmiths Company

Yorkshire Region

Provided curatorial service to several properties in the region Partook in the curatorial training programme – examples ranging from acceptance in lieu to the adaptive reuse of vernacular buildings and collections specific training daysInventory work, management of loan and private treaty sale with historic family at Nostell Provided curatorial input to the Stables restoration and adaptive reuse at NostellCreated an architectural history of Nunnington, including room and decorative histories

Leeds, United Kingdom

Researched and documented a nationally important, fine and decorative art collectionHelped to design a permanent open storage display for the basement level of the houseGeneral curatorial duties including loans and exhibitions

Ama, Ongoing Professional Development

I undertook a variety of developmental activities in particular focussing on: developing my knowledge of historic objects and interiors.

Ma, Museum Studies

MA dissertation on acquisition of contemporary social history Worked as a paid researcher on the Charles Heathcote Tatham's work for Henry.

Ba, History

Undertook original-source based research on the material culture surrounding the First World War and Ireland Final year dissertation was.