Roz Currie
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Wycombe Museum
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United Kingdom
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Museums, Historical Sites, and Zoos
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1 - 100 Employee
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Director
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Aug 2021 - Present
Bringing the stories of the amazing chairs of High Wycombe to a wider audience; supporting our communities to make their local museum represent them!
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Museums Association
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United Kingdom
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Museums, Historical Sites, and Zoos
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1 - 100 Employee
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MA Rep for London
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Mar 2021 - Present
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Islington Museum
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United Kingdom
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Museums, Historical Sites, and Zoos
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1 - 100 Employee
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Curator
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Mar 2016 - Jul 2021
Islington Museum Short-listed: Museums Association Radical Changemaker 2018 https://www.museumsassociation.org/news/08112018-mcl-awards Key Achievements: -Echoes of Holloway Prison HLF Project to bring hidden voices from the prison to light following its closure in 2016 https://echoesofhollowayprison.com/ -Ready to Borrow Project with ACE Funding to bring the museum to GIS standards -Update of museum collections management and care programme and re-positioning of the collection as a vital… Show more Short-listed: Museums Association Radical Changemaker 2018 https://www.museumsassociation.org/news/08112018-mcl-awards Key Achievements: -Echoes of Holloway Prison HLF Project to bring hidden voices from the prison to light following its closure in 2016 https://echoesofhollowayprison.com/ -Ready to Borrow Project with ACE Funding to bring the museum to GIS standards -Update of museum collections management and care programme and re-positioning of the collection as a vital part of the museum. -Highly successful exhibitions programme through partnerships and local engagement including 'Banners for Spain' on the Spanish Civil War in Islington in partnership with the Marx Memorial Library and 'Islington Burning' in collaboration with Islington Fire Service and the London Fire Brigade Museum. -Strengthening connections within Islington Heritage Service and developing a coherent programme partnered with the learning, local history and archives team over all exhibitions and projects. -Interpretation project manager on the Caledonian Clock Tower project. Project support on Islington's Pride, Imagine Islington. -Overall management of volunteers and development of the programme to form a coherent and resilient part of the team. -Support for borough-wide projects including at Caledonian Park, the Jewish Cemetery and Clerkenwell Green Responsibilities: -Overall planning and strategy for collections, exhibitions and projects -Collections management and care, including accreditation, collections review, collections policy, conservation management -Exhibitions concept, design and installation -Community partnerships & projects, including new project generation and working with stakeholders/local groups to implement large/small projects -Fundraising, marketing, volunteer management -Project management and support relating to my expertise in collections care and management, interpretation, engagement, digital technologies, installation for the whole Islington Heritage team Show less
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Jewish Museum London
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United Kingdom
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Museums, Historical Sites, and Zoos
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1 - 100 Employee
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Curator
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Jan 2015 - Mar 2016
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Exhibition Curator
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Sep 2013 - Dec 2014
Jewish Museum London Curating the 'For King and Country? The Jewish Experience of the First World War' exhibition as a partnership project between the Jewish Military Museum and Jewish Museum London.
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The Jewish Military Museum
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United Kingdom
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Writing and Editing
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Curator
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Dec 2011 - Dec 2014
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Chertsey Museum
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United Kingdom
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Museums, Historical Sites, and Zoos
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1 - 100 Employee
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Young Archaeologist Club Leader
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Aug 2009 - Dec 2013
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Museum Assistant
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Aug 2009 - Dec 2011
Chertsey
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Museum Assistant
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Oct 2010 - Dec 2011
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Education
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University College London, U. of London
Master of Arts (M.A.), Museum Studies -
School of Oriental and African Studies, U. of London
Master of Arts (M.A.), Art and Archaeology -
University of Cambridge
Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) (MA Cantab), Archaeology and Natural Sciences (Biological)