Our team has a wide range of expertise; including collection care, volunteering and business development.
Please get in touch via our contact form and we will make sure you are connected to the right support as soon as we can. If you would prefer to speak to us via telephone, please mention this in your message and a member of our team can arrange this with you.
Our structure
Our central team is based at Bristol Museum and Art Gallery. Here we work on developing our full programme, deploy the wider team across the South West and process data on audiences and the wider museum sector.
Museum Development Officers (MDOs) work on the ground with museums and are located throughout the South West. These individuals are very knowledgeable about their local area and on all aspects of development.
We have a dedicated Accreditation Technical Advisor who works with museums and our local MDOs to support museums in the process of Accreditation. We work with museums from the initial eligibility stage right across to post application and maintaining the standard.
Our Specialist Officers across the South West bring expertise to the core elements of our work:
- Conservation and Collection Care – Helena Jaeschke
- Volunteering and Workforce – Eleanor Moore
- Technical Accreditation Advisers – Tim Burge and Philip Claris
All of our team contact details can be found below. In the first instance we recommend that you get in touch with us directly and ensure you are connected with the best suited team member.
Team contact details
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Central team
Victoria Harding (She/ her)
Programme Manager
Bristol Museum & Art Gallery, Queens Road, Bristol, BS8 1RL
Roz Bonnet (She/ her)
Programme and Projects Officer
Bristol Museum & Art Gallery, Queens Road, Bristol, BS8 1RL
Fay Whitfield (They/ them)
Cultural Engagement Officer
Bristol Museum & Art Gallery, Queens Road, Bristol, BS8 1RL
Iain Richardson (He/ him)
Business Support Officer (Wednesdays & Thursdays)
Bristol Museum & Art Gallery, Queens Road, Bristol, BS8 1RL
Pat Janus (They/ them)
Data and Research Assistant
Bristol Museum & Art Gallery, Queens Road, Bristol, BS8 1RL
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Museum Development Officers
Julie Taylor Kent (She/ her)
Bath, Bristol, North East Somerset, South Gloucestershire and Swindon
Bristol Museum & Art Gallery, Queens Road, Bristol, BS8 1RL
Jenni Orme (She/ her)
Gloucestershire
Bristol Museum & Art Gallery, Queens Road, Bristol, BS8 1RL
Stephanie Clemens (She/ her)
Cornwall
Cornwall Council, New County Hall, Treyew Rd, Truro TR1 3AY
Victoria de Wit (She/ her)
Dorset, Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole
Dorset History Centre, Bridport Road, Dorchester, Dorset, DT1 1RP
Rachel Bellamy (She/ her)
Somerset
Somerset Heritage Centre, Brunel Way, Taunton, Somerset, TA2 6SF
Heather Perry (She/ her)
Wiltshire
Wiltshire and Swindon History Centre, Cocklebury Rd, Chippenham SN15 3QN
Jo Cairns (She/ her)
Devon
Bristol Museum & Art Gallery, Queens Road, Bristol, BS8 1RL
Alice LePage (She/her)
Hampshire, Portsmouth, Southampton and the Isle of Wight
Hampshire Cultural Trust, Chilcomb House, Chilcomb Lane, Winchester, SO23 8RB
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Specialist Officers
To contact our Specialist Officers, please use our contact form, and choose the relevant dropdown option.
Helena Jaeschke (She/ her)
Conservation Development Officer
Provides specialist advice and support to help museums improve the care and management of their collections.
Royal Albert Memorial Museum, Queen Street, Exeter, EX4 3RX
Eleanor Moore (She/ her)
Sustainable Volunteering Officer
Can work with you to advise good practice in leadership, workforce resilience, volunteer engagement and retention.
Bristol Museum & Art Gallery, Queens Road, Bristol, BS8 1RL
Tim Burge (He/ him)
Technical Accreditation Adviser - South West ONS region – Cornwall, Devon, Somerset, Dorset, Bournemouth Christchurch & Poole, Bristol, Bath, South Gloucestershire, Swindon, Wiltshire and Gloucestershire
Can work with you to advise on achieving and maintaining the Arts Council England Accreditation Standard.
Philip Claris
Technical Accreditation Adviser – Greater South West Area – Hampshire, Portsmouth, Southampton and the Isle of Wight
Can work with you to advise on achieving and maintaining the Arts Council England Accreditation Standard.
