Governance at the British Museum

It is the ultimate responsibility of the Museum’s Board of Trustees and its Director to develop the strategy in a challenging economic environment to ensure future success and to maintain and develop the Museum’s reputation as a leading cultural institution in the UK and abroad.

Objectives

• An overview of the history of the British Museum – how it is structured and why?

• We will share an overview of how the Museum is managed.

• We will look at the role of the Museum’s Board of Trustees.

• We will look at how the Trustees work the Director and the Senior Management team