Nick Merriman CEO of the Horniman Museum on improving accessibility and diversity in museums

Date: 5th March 2020

Episode: 2

Title: Nick Merriman CEO of Horniman Museum Forest Hill on improving accessibility and diversity in museums.

In this episode of Portrait of a Londoner we speak to Nick Merriman who is CEO of the Horniman Museum in South East London https://www.horniman.ac.uk/. He was formerly Director of the Manchester Museum. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nick_Merriman

Portrait of a Londoner is a South-east London based podcast and in the first series we will be talking to people who live or work in Forest Hill, South-East London https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forest_Hill,_London. 

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In this episode, you we discuss:

Diversity and accessibility in the museum world in general but also at the Horniman museum (02.00)Other museums in the UK and globally that are working to involve their local communities and improve accessibility including the Anacostia museum https://anacostia.si.edu/, Derby museums  https://www.derbymuseums.org/, and Glasgow’s Kelvingrove https://www.glasgowlife.org.uk/museums/venues/kelvingrove-art-gallery-and-museum (11.08)His childhood (12.50)The relationship and influence of his wife who is director of The Tate https://www.tate.org.uk/ (17.13)Some of the places he goes to relax including Kettle’s Yard in Cambridge https://www.kettlesyard.co.uk/ (20.38)We close with plans for the Horniman for the remainder of 2020 and the role the Horniman plays in Lewisham Borough of Culture 2021 https://www.gold.ac.uk/news/lewisham-borough-of-culture-2021/

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