Staff

Museums and Collections

The MERL; Special Collections; Art Collections

Director: Kate Arnold-Forster
Associate Director (Archive Services): Guy Baxter
Associate Director (Curatorial and Public Engagement): Isabel Hughes
Director of Academic Learning and Engagement (Museums and Collections): Dr Rhi Smith
Executive Support Officer: Mat Binks

Principal Archivist: Caroline Gould
Principal Librarian (Museums and Collections): Claire Clough
Librarian (Museums and Collections): Fiona Melhuish
Curator of MERL Collections: Dr Ollie Douglas
Curator of Art Collections: Dr Hannah Lyons
Collections Care Manager: Fred van de Geer

Head of Visitor Experience: Danielle Eade
Head of Learning and Engagement: Phillippa Heath
Marketing Manager: Joe Vaughan
Volunteer Co-ordinator: Sheila Fisher
Marketing and Public Programmes Officer: Susanna Ivy
Programme Manager (Museums Partnership Reading): Anna Jones
Operations Manager: David Neilson

Ure Museum

Curator: Professor Amy Smith
Assistant Curator: Jayne Holly

Cole Museum

Curator: Professor Amanda Callaghan

Lettering, Printing and Graphic Design Collections

Director of Collections and Archives: Professor Sue Walker
Assistant Curator: Dr Emma Minns

Herbarium

Curator: Dr Alastair Culham

Geology Collection

Curator: Dr Hazel McGoff

East German Studies Archive

Curator: Dr Ute Wolfel