Director of the Victoria and Albert Museum
The Director of the Victoria and Albert Museum is the head of the Victoria and Albert Museum in London, a post currently held by Martin Roth. He is responsible for that institution's general administration and reports its accounts to the British Government. The actual governance of the Museum, however, is delegated to its Board of Trustees; these are appointed individually by the British Prime Minister.[1]
| Director | Post held | Served |
|---|---|---|
| Sir Henry Cole (1808–82) | Organised and conducted the two museums from which the Victoria and Albert Museum grew: the Museum of Oriental Art and the South Kensington Museum | 1852–1873 |
| Sir Philip Cunliffe-Owen, KFC KCMG, CIE (1828–94) | Director of the South Kensington Museum | 1874–1893 |
| John Henry Middleton (1846–96) | Director of the Art Museum (Division of the Victoria and Albert Museum) | 1893–1896 |
| Sir Caspar Purdon Clarke (1846–1911) | Director of the Art Museum (Division of the Victoria and Albert Museum) | 1896–1905 |
| Arthur Banks Skinner (1861–1911) | Director of the Art Museum (Division of the Victoria and Albert Museum) | 1905–1908 |
| Sir Cecil Harcourt Smith,[2] KCVO (1859–1944) | Director and Secretary of the Victoria and Albert Museum | 1909–1924 |
| Sir Eric MacLagan, CBE, FSA (1879–1951) | Director and Secretary of the Victoria and Albert Museum | 1924–1945 |
| Sir Leigh Ashton, FSA (1897–1983) | Director and Secretary of the Victoria and Albert Museum | 1945–1955 |
| Sir Trenchard Cox, CBE, MA, FSA, FMA (1905–95) | Director and Secretary of the Victoria and Albert Museum | 1956–1966 |
| Sir John Pope-Hennessy, CBE, FBA, FSA (1913–94) | Director and Secretary of the Victoria and Albert Museum | 1967–1973 |
| Sir Roy Strong (born 1935) | Director and Secretary of the Victoria and Albert Museum | 1973–1987 |
| Dame Elizabeth Esteve-Coll | Director and Secretary of the Victoria and Albert Museum | 1987–1995 |
| Alan Borg, CBE | Director and Secretary of the Victoria and Albert Museum | 1995–2001 |
| Sir Mark Jones (born 1951) | Director of the Victoria and Albert Museum | 2001–2011 |
| Martin Roth (born 1955) | Director of the Victoria and Albert Museum | started 2011-still active |
References
- ↑ Trustees of the V&A. Victoria and Albert Museum. Retrieved 2011-12-11
- ↑ London Gazette, p. 10197. 22 October 1920.
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