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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
  • Deputy Director (Collections) – Nick Mayhew
  • Personal Assistant – Victoria McGuinness
  • Deputy Director (Administration and Finance) – Robert Thorpe
  • Deputy Director (Development and Outreach) – Edith Prak
  • Special Projects Manager – Roger Hobby

Development Office

Tel: +44 (0)1865 278178
Email: developmentoffice@ashmus.ox.ac.uk

  • Head of Fundraising – Penelope Betts
  • Campaign Manager – Tess McCormick
  • Trust and Foundations Manager – Helen Duncan
  • Research & Stewardship Manager – Antony Green
  • Patrons and Friends Manager – Lizzie Higginson
  • Research & Stewardship Officer – Kathryn Schofield
  • Corporate Partnerships Manager – Theresa Nicolson
  • Administrator – Claire Parris

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 288298
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
    • Arthur MacGregor  – Roman Britain, Post-Roman European Antiquities, Brass Rubbing
    • Michael Vickers – Greek, Roman and Byzantine Antiquities
    • Helen Whitehouse – Egyptian Collections
  • Project Curator – Jack Green (Ancient Near East)
  • Collections Manager and Project Curator – Alison Roberts (European Prehistory)
  • Sackler Fellow – Ioannis Galanakis (Bronze Age Greece)
  • Secretary – Suzanne Anderson
  • 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 Sculpture Fellow – Greg Sullivan
  • Print Room Supervisor – Karine Sauvignon
  • Print Room Assistant – Angelamaria Aceto
  • Secretary/Administrator – Bridget Allen

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

  • Keeper – Oliver Watson – Art and archaeology of the Islamic World
  • Senior Assistant 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 – Helen Hovey
  • Secretary/Administrator – Aimée Payton
  • Christensen Fellow of Chinese Painting – 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 – Melina Melfi

Retrieval Team, Ashmolean Development Project

  • Retrieval Team Manager – Julie Clements
  • Museum Assistants
    • Naomi Bergmans
    • Christina Chilcott
    • Alice Brackenbury
    • Sarah Debenham

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 – Michelle Stone

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
    • Chris Powell
    • Ian Miller

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 – Vacant
  • Human Resources Assistant – Sarah Brown

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: +44 (0)1865 278015
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 and Families – Mary Lloyd
  • Bookings and Administration Assistants
    • Sue Coles
    • Terry Hood
  • Oxford University Museums Outreach Coordinator – Joy Todd
  • Oxford University Community Education Officer – Susan Birch
  • Oxford University Museums Art Education Officer (for Key Stage 3) – Simon Packard

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
    • Elisabeth Gardner
    • Paulina Lobaton
    • Stephanie Ward
  • Textile Conservators
    • Sue Stanton
  • Paper Conservators
    • Alexandra Greathead (on maternity leave from 26 September 2007)
    • Amy Junker Heslip (maternity cover)
  • 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 – Amanda Turner
  • Picture Library Assistant – Katherine Wodehouse

Museum Shop

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

  • Manager – Anne Walker
  • Deputy Manager – Gill Vulliamy
  • Shop Assistants
    • Sagal Esse
    • Laura Gannon
    • Lucy Crombie
    • Cory Benfield
    • Emily Bartlett
    • Melanie Lewis
    • James Benfield

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

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
    • Leighton Creer
    • Paul Evett
  • Frame Conservation Technician – Robert Johnson

Security

Tel: +44 (0)1865 278003

  • Security Officers
    • Robert Baker
    • William Cavanagh
    • Joe Hathaway
  • RI Site Caretaker
    • Stephen Gumisiriza

Gallery Staff

  • Gallery Staff Supervisor – George Earle
  • Senior Invigilator – Marianne Dodson
  • Full–time Invigilators
    • Elis Deen
    • Marianne Dodson
    • Françoise Jackson
    • Kevin Morgan
    • Glyn Plested
    • Moussa Saker
  • Morning Invigilators
    • Shaun Bryan
    • Heidi Collins
    • Pat Collins
    • Rosa Fernandes
    • Philip Juggins
    • Debbie Mason
    • David Provan
    • Carol Rix
  • Afternoon Invigilators
    • Fariba Battye
    • Manfred Driver
    • Helen Dudley
    • David Langford
    • Clement Shaw
    • Ann Smyth
    • Priscilla Waugh
    • Jackie Williams
  • Weekend Invigilators
    • Claudia Crucioli
    • Elizabeth Walters
    • Berenice Ward

Cleaning Staff

  • Carol Allen
  • Hui Jin
  • Ruichen Song