CONTACT

For General Enquiries please contact +44 (0)1865 278000

Ashmolean Museum, Beaumont Street, Oxford OX1 2PH

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OPERATIONS

Operations Director – Rachel Davies
Operations Coordinator – Sarah Swanton

Visitor Experience
Tel: +44 (0)1865 278012
Email: visitorexperience@ashmus.ox.ac.uk
Deputy Visitor Experience Manager – Phil Smith
Volunteer Manager – Emma Hermon
Visitor Experience Supervisor – Sarah Weaver
Visitor Experience (Variable Hours) – Simon Curtis

Health, Safety & Security
Head of Safety and Security – Mike Finneran
Deputy Security Manager – Helder Sousa

Galleries, Projects and Facilities
Head of Galleries, Projects and Facilities – Harry Phythian-Adams
Deputy Facilities Manager – Daniel Trudgen
Facilities Co-ordinator – Deborah Wallis

COMMERCIAL

Commercial Director – Lycia Lobo

Publications & Licensing
Tel: +44 (0)1865 278010 (Publications)
Tel: +44 (0)1865 278040 (Picture Library)
Email: Publications – publications@ashmus.ox.ac.uk
Email: Picture Library – picture.library@ashmus.ox.ac.uk
Head of Publishing & Licensing – Declan McCarthy
Publishing & Licensing Assistant – Marie Hale
Picture Library Manager – Amy Taylor
Picture Library Assistant – Alice Howard

Retail – Buying, Shop & Ecommerce
Tel: +44 (0)1865 288185 / 288189
Email: onlineshop@ashmus.ox.ac.uk
Buying & Visual Manager – Katherine Merrony
Retail Shop Manager – Sarah Haynes
Merchandising & Online Manager – Richard Mullen

What’s On Box Office – Online Tickets & Phone Bookings
Tel: +44 (0)1865 278112
Email: onlinetickets@ashmus.ox.ac.uk
Senior Booking Office Assistant – Freya-Maria Klinger

Photography
Tel: +44 (0)1865 278011
Email: photo.studio@ashmus.ox.ac.uk
Photography Manager – David Gowers
Assistant Photographer – Anne Holly

Venue Hire, Weddings, Corporate Membership & Filming
Tel: +44 (0)1865 610406
Email: events@ashmolean.org
For other Events & Filming enquiries please contact:
Head of Events, Corporate Membership & Filming – Wendy Ball
Corporate Events Manager – Paul Jeffery
Commercial Events Manager – Marie Giraud
Social & Wedding Events Manager – Stacey Puffer

Friends of the Ashmolean Museum
Tel: +44 (0)1865 278016 (Membership Team)
Tel: +44 (0)1865 278172 (Activities Team)
Email: membership@ashmus.ox.ac.uk
Membership Manager – Anne Marie Lo

SUPPORT SERVICES

Human Resources
Tel: +44 (0)1865 278008
Email: human.resources@ashmus.ox.ac.uk
HR Officer – Sarah Hickin
HR Advisor (p/t) – Pam Virgo
HR Administrator (p/t) – Sue Childs
HR Apprentice – Liam Nash

Finance Office
Tel: +44 (0)1865 278009
Email: finance.office@ashmus.ox.ac.uk
Head of Finance – Andrew Noton
Management Accountant – Balwinder Meyrick
Trading & Exhibition Accountant – Sean Liu
Finance Officer (p/t) – Nicole Cunningham
Finance Officer (p/t) – Radka Mecheri

COLLECTIONS

Department of Antiquities
Tel: +44 (0)1865 278020
Email: antiquities@ashmus.ox.ac.uk
Sackler Keeper of Antiquities – Paul Roberts – Roman Collections
Jaleh Hearn Curator of Ancient Near East – Paul Collins
Curator – Eleanor Standley – Anglo-Saxon and Medieval collections; European material from the Tradescant collection
Curator – Liam McNamara – Lisa and Bernard Selz Curator of Ancient Egypt and Sudan collections
Curator – Alison Roberts – European and Early Prehistoric collections; African, American and Asian material from the Tradescant collection
Curator – Anja Ulbrich – A.G. Leventis Curator of the Cypriot Collection
Curator – Marianne Bergeron – Butler-Levett Curator of Classical Greece
Administrator – Ilaria Perzia
Collections Manager – Helen Hovey
Museum Assistant – Claire Burton
Museum Assistant - Dana Macmillan
UEP Admin Assistant - Gemma Plumpton

Department of Western Art
Tel: +44 (0)1865 278042
Email: General Enquiries – western.art@ashmus.ox.ac.uk
Email: Print Room Appointments – waprintroom@ashmus.ox.ac.uk
Email: Collections information – catherine.casley@ashmus.ox.ac.uk
Email: Administrator – christopher.doogue@ashmus.ox.ac.uk
Keeper – Catherine Whistler – Italian and Spanish paintings and French (before 1800), drawings and prints. Responsible for Russian art and the textile collection.
Senior Curator – Colin Harrison – British paintings, drawings and prints to 1900; French paintings, drawing and prints 1815–1900; Pissarro Collections; miniatures and musical instruments.
Curator – Matthew Winterbottom – Late-19th-century British sculpture and decorative arts, ceramics, furniture, glass, silver and also of the Sculpture and Decorative Arts collection generally.
Curator – An Van Camp – Christopher Brown Curator of Northern European Art - Paintings, Prints and Drawings.
Curator – Lena Fritsch – Curator of Modern and Contemporary Art
Collections Manager – Catherine Casley
Teaching Curator – Jim Harris
Research Assistant (Italian Drawings Project) – AngelaMaria Aceto
Print Room Supervisor – Caroline Palmer
Print Room Supervisor – Katherine Wodehouse
Administrator – Christopher Doogue
Collections Assistant - Dana Macmillan

Heberden Coin Room
Tel: +44 (0)1865 278058
Email: coin-room@ashmus.ox.ac.uk
Curator, Medieval and Modern – Julian Baker
Curator, South Asia and Banknotes, also Exhibitions – Shailendra Bhandare
Departmental Administrator, also Archives – Janet Sadler
Curator, Greek and Roman Provincial, also Education – Volker Heuchert
Keeper – Chris Howgego
Curator, Digital Collections and Roman Coins – Jerome Mairat
Portable Antiquities Scheme Finds Adviser, Medieval and Post-Medieval – John Naylor
Senior Curator Islamic – Luke Treadwell
Research Fellow, Coin Hoards of the Roman Empire Project – Marguerite Spoerri

Department of Eastern Art
Tel: +44 (0)1865 278067
Email: eastern-art@ashmus.ox.ac.uk
Email: Jameel Centre for the Study of Eastern Art – eastudycentre@ashmus.ox.ac.uk
Keeper & Curator of Indian Art – Mallica Kumbera Landrus
Curator of Chinese Art – Shelagh Vainker
Curator of Japanese Art – Clare Pollard
Curator of Islamic Art – Francesca Leoni
Christensen Fellow in Chinese Painting – Paul Bevan
Chinese Paintings Programme Co-ordinator – Felicitas von Droste zu Hülshoff
Museum Assistant – Ben Skarrat
Administrator – Sarah Thorn
Study Room and Collections Manager (p/t) – Alessandra Cereda
Study Room and Collections Manager (p/t) – Unity Coombes
Study Room and Collections Manager (p/t) – Sarah Mitchell
Volunteer – Kiyoko Hanaoka – Japanese Art
Volunteer – Joyce Seaman – Japanese Art
Volunteer – Mitsuko Watanabe – Japanese Art

Cast Gallery
Tel: +44 (0)1865 278079
Email: cast-gallery@ashmus.ox.ac.uk
Keeper – Bert Smith – Greek and Roman art and archaeology
Assistant Curator – Milena Melfi

Conservation
Tel: +44 (0)1865 278024
Email: conservation@ashmus.ox.ac.uk
Head of Conservation – Daniel Bone
Conservation Manager (Preventative, Science and Technical) – Kelly Domoney
Conservation Manager, Objects – Alexandra Baldwin
Objects Conservator – Paulina 'Nicky' Lobaton
Objects Conservator – Stephanie Ward
Paintings Conservator – Jevon Thistlewood
Senior Paper Conservator – Alexandra Greathead
Paper Conservator – Lara Daniels
Textile Conservator – Sue Stanton
Collections and Exhibitions Technician – Timothy Crowley
Collections and Exhibitions Technician – Kevin Jacques
Administrator – Andrea Diss
Sackler Research Fellow – Morwenna Blewett

Digital Collections
Tel: +44 (0)1865 278283
Manager of Digital Collections – Aruna Bhaugeerutty
Data Architect – Chris Powell
Collections Management System Administrator – Chris Osman

PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT

Tel: +44 (0)1865 278077
Email: public.engagement@ashmus.ox.ac.uk
Director of Public Engagement – Susan McCormack
Public Engagement Assistant – Sarah Doherty

Education Department
Tel: +44 (0)1865 278015
Email: education.service@ashmus.ox.ac.uk
Head of Education – Jo Rice
Deputy Head of Education – Helen Ward
Education Officer: Adults & Young People – Jude Barrett
Education Officer: Families (p/t) – Jane Cockcroft
Education Officer: Families (p/t) – Rowan Guthrie
Sackler Education Officer: Early Years to Key Stage 2 – Clare Coleman
Education Officer: Secondary & Young People – Clare Cory
Education Department Administrator – Sian Finn
Bookings and Education Assistant – Asia Yaqub-Khokhar

Press Office
Tel: +44 (0)1865 278178
Email: press.office@ashmus.ox.ac.uk
Press Officer – Claire Parris
Press Assistant – Sarah Holland
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Marketing
Tel: +44 (0)1865 288019
Email: marketing@ashmus.ox.ac.uk
Marketing Manager – Theresa Nicolson
Digital Communications Officer – Sarah Casey
Marketing and Digital Communications Assistant – Emily Jarrett
Web Content Editor – Ellie Field

Registrar's Office
Tel: +44 (0)1865 288074 / 288197
Email: registrar@ashmus.ox.ac.uk
Registrar – Aisha Burtenshaw
Assistant Registrar – Christina Gernon
Assistant Registrar (Touring Exhibitions) – Hannah Manson

Exhibitions Office
Ticket office: +44 (0)1865 278112
Email: exhibitions.officer@ashmus.ox.ac.uk
Exhibitions Manager – Agnes Valencak
Exhibitions Co-ordinator – Catriona Pearson

Design Department
Tel: +44 (0)1865 278034
Head of Design – Graeme Campbell
Senior Designer – Greg Jones
Exhibition Designer – Clare Flynn

DEVELOPMENT

Development Office
Tel: +44 (0)1865 278321
Email: developmentoffice@ashmus.ox.ac.uk
Senior Development Executive and Acting Team Leader – Frances Wheare
Senior Development Executive – Ben Heller
Senior Trusts and Foundations Officer – Will Thomas
Patrons Manager – Natasha O'Farrell
Patrons Officer – Jenny Haimes
Margot Sprague-Davies – Development Officer
Development Assistant – Emma Newman

MUSEUM PARTNERS

GLAM Museums IT Group
Tel: +44 (0)1865 278030
Email: it@museums.ox.ac.uk

Joint Museums Education Team
Tel: +44 (0)1865 282456
Oxford University Museums, Head of Volunteering and Community Outreach – Joy Todd
Oxford University Museums, Community Education Officer (0.6) – Susan Griffiths
Oxford University Museums, Community Education Officer (0.4) – Nicola Bird
Oxford University Museums, Volunteers and Outreach Officer – Caroline Moreau
Oxford University Museums, Secondary Art Education Officer – Adrian Brooks

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