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Contact List

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Director's Office

Tel: +44 (0)1865 278006
Email: director@ashmus.ox.ac.uk

  • Director – Christopher Brown – Dutch and Flemish 17th Century paintings
    • Personal Assistant to the Director – Rachel Lindenbaum
  • Operations Director – Robert Thorpe
  • Deputy Director (Collections) – Nick Mayhew
    • Personal Assistant to DD (C) – Victoria McGuinness
  • Deputy Director (Development and Outreach) – Edith Prak
    • Personal Assistant to DD (D&O) – Claire Parris

Development Office

Tel: +44 (0)1865 278321
Email: developmentoffice@ashmus.ox.ac.uk

  • Head of Fundraising – Jules Foster
  • Campaign Manager – Vacant
  • Grants Officer – Helen Duncan
  • Development Services Manager – Antony Green
  • Patrons and Friends Manager – Lizzie Higginson
  • Research & Stewardship Officer – Kathryn Schofield
  • Corporate Partnerships Manager – Theresa Nicolson
  • Administrator – Polly Nuttgens

Events Office

Tel: +44 (0)1865 288299
Email: events.officer@ashmus.ox.ac.uk

  • Events Officer – Paula Falck
  • Events Assistant – Benedicte Montain

Exhibitions Office

Tel: +44 (0)1865 278315
Email: exhibitions.officer@ashmus.ox.ac.uk

  • Exhibitions Manager – Agnes Valencak

Press Office

Tel: +44 (0)1865 288298
Email: press.officer@ashmus.ox.ac.uk

  • Press and PR Manager – Susie Gault

Department of Antiquities

Tel: +44 (0)1865 278020
Email: antiquities@ashmus.ox.ac.uk

  • Keeper – Susan Walker – Greek and Roman Antiquities
  • Senior Assistant Keepers
    • Michael Vickers – Greek, Roman and Byzantine Antiquities
    • Helen Whitehouse – Egyptian Collections
  • Project Curator – Jack Green (Ancient Near East)
  • Collections Manager & Project Curator – Alison Roberts (European and Early Prehistoric Collections)
  • Documentation Officer – Helen Hovey
  • Sackler Fellow – Ioannis Galanakis (Bronze Age Greece)
  • Administrator – Sarah Thorn
  • Research Assistant – Christine Edbury (Sir John Evans Centenary Project)

Department of Western Art

Tel: +44 (0)1865 278042
Email: western-art@ashmus.ox.ac.uk

  • Keeper – Timothy Wilson – Ceramics, metalwork, glass, sculpture up to c.1918
  • Senior Assistant Keepers
    • Catherine Whistler – Italian and Spanish paintings, drawings and prints to 1900, French painting to 1815, textiles
    • Jon Whiteley – Northern European paintings, drawings and prints, French drawings and prints to 1815, Russian art, musical instruments, furniture
  • Assistant Keeper
    • Colin Harrison – British paintings, drawings and prints to 1900, French paintings, drawing and prints 1815-1900, Pissarro Collections, miniatures
  • Documentation Officer and Collections Manager – Cath Casley
  • Chantrey Fellow & Sculpture Curator – Greg Sullivan
  • Print Room Supervisor – Karine Sauvignon
  • Print Room Assistant – Angelamaria Aceto
  • Secretary/Administrator – Bridget Allen
  • Museum Assistant – Beth West

Heberden Coin Room

Tel: +44 (0)1865 278058
Email: coin-room@ashmus.ox.ac.uk

  • Keeper – Chris Howgego – Roman
  • Assistant Keepers
    • Shailendra Bhandare – South Asia and Oriental
    • Henry Kim (on secondment to Ashmolean Development Project)
    • Luke Treadwell – Islamic
  • Project Curator – Julian Baker (Money Gallery)
  • Collections Manager – Volker Heuchert – Late Roman and Early Byzantine
  • Secretary – Roz Britton-Strong
  • Finds Adviser – John Naylor

Department of Eastern Art

Tel: +44 (0)1865 278067
Email: eastern-art@ashmus.ox.ac.uk

  • Acting Keeper – Andrew Topsfield – Art and archaeology of India and South East Asia
  • Assistant Keepers
    • Clare Pollard – Art and archaeology of Japan
    • Shelagh Vainker – Art and archaeology of China and Korea
  • Project Curator – Ruth Barnes – (Textiles Gallery)
  • Documentation Officer – Zena McGreevy
  • Secretary/Administrator – Aimιe Payton
  • Artist in Residence – Dr Weimin He
  • Creswell Archivist – Teresa Fitzherbert
  • Web Project
    • Project Manager – Paul Groves
    • Studio Photographer – Jo-Hung Tang
    • Collection Coordinator – Sigolene Loizeau

Cast Gallery

Tel: +44 (0)1865 278079
Email: cast-gallery@ashmus.ox.ac.uk

  • Curator – Bert Smith – Greek and Roman art and archaeology
  • Research Assistant – Milena Melfi

Retrieval Team, Ashmolean Development Project

  • Retrieval Team Manager – Vicky McGuiness
  • Team Leader – Sarah Debenham
  • Team Leader – Naomi Bergmans
  • Museum Assistants
    • Christina Chilcott
    • Alice Brackenbury
    • Judy White

Finance Office

Tel: +44 (0)1865 278009
Email: finance.office@ashmus.ox.ac.uk

  • Head of Finance – Andrew Noton
  • Management Accountant – Claudia VanDeventer
  • Finance Officer – Helen Cooper
  • Finance Officer – Radmilla Mecheri

ICT

Tel: +44 (0)1865 278030
Email: webmaster@ashmus.ox.ac.uk or
Email: it-support@ashmus.ox.ac.uk

  • Head of ICT – Jonathan Moffett
  • ICT Assistants
    • Anjanesh Babu
    • Chris Powell
    • Alan Russell

Documentation

Tel: +44 (0)1865 278186
Email: documentation@ashmus.ox.ac.uk

  • Manager of Museum Documentation – Rupert Shepherd
    • Documentation Assistant – Chris Osman

Human Resources

Tel: +44 (0)1865 278008
Email: personnel@ashmus.ox.ac.uk

  • Head of HR – Gillian Morris
  • Human Resources Manager – Jane Wastie
  • Human Resources Assistant – Sonia Powers

Registrar's Office

Tel: +44 (0)1865 288197
Email: registrar@ashmus.ox.ac.uk

  • Museum Registrar – Geraldine Glynn
  • Associate Registrar, Exhibitions – Aisha Gibbons

Education Service

Tel: 18002 01865 278015

This number connects you to us via a Text Direct centre. One member of our team is deaf and this system allows you to speak with her via a Text Direct interpreter if she is the person to answer the phone. Your call may also be answered by a hearing member of staff.. Please dial the full number including the area code even if you are calling from the Oxford area.

Email: education.service@ashmus.ox.ac.uk

  • Clore Education Officer – Jo Rice
  • Deputy Head of Education – Helen Ward
  • Education Officer for Access and Outreach – Jude Barrett
  • Educations officer for Schools – Mary Lloyd
  • Administration and Support Officers:
    • Sue Coles
    • Sian Finn
    • Terry Hood

Cross Museum posts (these people work across all the Oxford University Museums)

  • Oxford University Museums Head of Volunteers and Outreach – Joy Todd
  • Oxford university Museums Community Outreach Officer – Susan Birch
  • Oxford University Museums Art Education Officer (for Key Stages 3-5) – Adrian Brooks

Conservation

Tel: +44 (0)1865 278024
Email: conservation@ashmus.ox.ac.uk

  • Head of Conservation – Mark Norman
  • Deputy Head of Conservation – Daniel Bone
  • Objects Conservators
    • Marta Herraez
    • Paulina Lobaton
    • Stephanie Ward
  • Textile Conservator – Sue Stanton
  • Paper Conservator – Alexandra Greathead
  • Assistant Paper Conservator – Stella Ditschkowski
  • Paintings Conservator – Jevon Thistlewood

Design Department

Tel: +44 (0)1865 278034
Email: graeme.campbell@ashmus.ox.ac.uk

  • Head of Design – Graeme Campbell
  • Designer – Greg Jones

Publications Department

Tel: +44 (0)1865 278010
Email: publications@ashmus.ox.ac.uk

  • Publications Manager – Declan McCarthy
  • Publications Deputy Manager – Emily Jolliffe
  • Picture Library Manager –Katherine Wodehouse
  • Picture Library Assistant – Helen Statham

Museum Shop

Tel: +44 (0)1865 288185
Email: shop@ashmus.ox.ac.uk

  • Manager – Anne Walker
  • Deputy Manager – Gill Vulliamy
  • Shop Assistants
    • James Benfield
    • Rebecca Boatfield
    • Sagal Esse
    • Melanie Lewis
    • Lingyun Liu
    • Teresita Valverde Mojica

Photography

Tel: +44 (0)1865 278011
Email: photo.studio@ashmus.ox.ac.uk

  • Head of Photography – David Gowers
  • Assistant Photographers
    • Annie Holly
    • Jane Inskipp
    • Nick Pollard

Front of House

Tel: +44 (0)1865 278000
Email: frontofhouse@ashmus.ox.ac.uk

  • Front of House Manager – Hugo Penning
  • Front of House Assistant – Trevor Stephens
  • Security Escorts
    • Fariba Battye
    • Elis Deen

Building Services

Tel: +44 (0)1865 278014
Email: building.services@ashmus.ox.ac.uk

  • Building Services Manager – Alan Kitchen
  • Deputy Manager – Ray Ansty
  • Building Services Technicians
    • Paul Beason
    • Paul Evett
    • Mark Rowbottom
  • Frame Conservation Technician – Robert Johnson

Security

Tel: +44 (0)1865 278003

  • Security Officers
    • Robert Baker
    • Joe Hathaway

Cleaning Staff

  • Carol Allen