Experience

Museum Stavanger (MUST)

• Norway
• Museums
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Collections Storage Manager/Magasinforvalter

  • Jan 2016 - Present

• Collections management/Research Projects

  • 1998 - Dec 2015

  2012-2015: Collections management - including cataloguing of private archives, registering, photographing, and digitising new artefact acquisitions and back logs. Carried out preventative conservation including cleaning, and freezing of artefacts and also negatives from the photographic collections. Contributed to the planning and implementation of new cold storage for photographic materials, and also the re-organisation of storage for ships’ plans and drawings collection.2011: Assessment and report of buildings associated with boat-builder Sven S. Idse (1901-1979) in connection with the Rogalandsbåter research project. Created ACCESS database using the seventeenth century Ryfylke toll records concerned with the timber trade.2002-2010: Project Manager, Baltic Heritage Cooperation (http://mg.kpd.lt)Organised and implemented exhibition Baltic Lights (2003) - www.cmm.pl/balticlight/index.html Following successful funding applications to the Nordic Culture Fund, two further exhibitions: Baltic Harbours (2007) and Baltic Ships (2010) were realised. In 2003 the first Forum of the Baltic Heritage Group where Baltic Lights was launched was held in Gdansk, I edited the English texts of the conference proceedings Common Sea- Common Heritage? for the Polish Maritime museum in Gdansk.2004-2010: Secretary, the Working Group on Coastal Culture and Maritime HeritageParticipated in and helped to organise bi-annual meetings of Working Group members in the countries of the Baltic Sea Region and Norway.1998-2002: Fieldworker, Stavanger Maritime MuseumEmployed for several fieldwork seasons with the Rogaland Boat Project: to study the construction and use of open, wooden working boats in Rogaland. Located, registered and photographed boats found during fieldwork (approx. 700). Responsible for the design and implementation of an Access database for all the registered vessels and photographs found during fieldwork. Show less



Scottish Fisheries Museum

• United Kingdom
• Museums, Historical Sites, and Zoos
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Curator

  • 1995 - 1998

  Organised and improved all aspects of collections management at the museum in preparation for its initial application to be registered as a ‘national’ museum in line with the original UK Registration Scheme (now Museum Accreditation Scheme), awarded to SFM in 1999. Responsibility for several successful funding applications for collections management improvements, and part of team contributing to positive funding application to the Heritage Lottery Fund to save the unique Zulu fishing vessel Research LK62. 1999: invited to return from Norway to the Scottish Fisheries Museum to take up the post of acting curator for three months. Show less



Gordon Lyall Associates

• Historical Researcher

  • 1992 - 1995

  Prepared accurate and concise research material using primary and secondary sources for the design and production of exhibitions at museums and heritage centres in Scotland and Northern Ireland. This included material for storylines, plus precise references for production of authentic period costumes, interiors and props for exhibitions; sourcing images and proofreading final texts. Responsible for picture research, and management of all copyright and reproduction permissions for images required. Exhibitions included, amongst others, the Honours of Scotland at Edinburgh Castle (the Scottish Crown Jewels), the Stirling Castle Kitchens, Enniskillen Castle, and Carrickfergus Castle. Show less