About

The Museums and Galleries History Group (MGHG) was founded in 2002 and inaugurated in 2003 with the symposium 'Museums and their Histories', held at the National Gallery in London. The Group provides a platform for debate and contact among all those who seek to understand museums and galleries from historical and theoretical perspectives. The interests represented are wide-ranging, interdisciplinary and international and the Group also acts as a forum for considerations of the place of museum history within academic discourse and its importance for current museum practice. The MGHG constitution can be viewed here.

The President of the Group is Dr Helen Rees Leahy. The Board consists of a mixture of academics and professionals who work in the museum and galleries sector: Kate Hill (Chair), Sarah Longair (Secretary), Kathrin Pieren (Treasurer), Nicholas Donaldson (Membership Secretary), Claire Pike (Web Officer), Ilja Nieuwland (International Officer), Mark Westgarth (Newsletter Editor), Alan Crookham (Member without Portfolio) and Rebecca Wade (Postgraduate Officer).