Our Patron HM King Charles III
His Majesty King Charles III is Patron of The Stained Glass Museum. He first became Patron in 1999 when Prince of Wales during the museum's 25th anniversary Appeal. Our Patron has visited the museum on two occasions - in 2000 and 2018.
The Stained Glass Museum is governed by a Board of specialist Trustees, who bring a wealth of experience and expertise to the Museum. The Stained Glass Museum is a Charitable Incorporated Organisation (CIO) (Charity No. 1169842) and holds Full Accredited status with the Arts Council (574).
Jeffrey West
is a historic buildings and artefacts specialist with wide managerial and professional experience within the ecclesiastical heritage sector. He gained his PhD from the Courtauld Institute of Art and is a specialist in medieval art and architecture. For many years he was Senior Advisor on the Statutory Advisory Committee on Closed and Closing Churches, and before that was Secretary on the Advisory Board for Redundant Churches. He is a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society and a Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries of London.
Lloyd de Beer
is Curator of Medieval Britain and Europe at The British Museum. Lloyd gained his PhD from the UEA and is interested in the early collecting history of medieval antiquities. His most recent publications (including those forthcoming) are focused on reliquaries, seal matrices, alabaster sculpture, pilgrim’s badges and metalwork. Lloyd is also Honorary Director of the British Archaeological Association.
Sarah Brown
is a Professor at the University of York specialising in stained glass, its history and conservation. She joined the History of Art Department in 2008 having previously worked for the Royal Commission on the Historical Monuments of England and English Heritage. Sarah is also Director and Chief Executive of the York Glaziers Trust, a conservation studio responsible for the care of the stained glass of York Minster. Sarah is also Chairman of the British committee of the Corpus Vitrearum Medii Aevi (CVMA).
Lara Clements
is Head of Audiences and Evaluation at the Wellcome Trust. Lara has a wealth of experience as a strategic communications leader with experience in developing, funding and delivering communications which engage diverse audiences within the health, science and environment sectors. Lara has worked with a wide range of charities, from the very large, the Melinda and Bill Gates Foundation, to the smaller Bat Conservation Trust.
Tom Gannage-Stewart
is an accomplished fundraising and business development leader, bringing more than 20 years of cross-sector experience in arts, heritage, and professional services. He has held senior roles at prominent cultural institutions, most notably as Head of Corporate Partnerships, Sponsorship, and Business Development at English Heritage, and Head of Corporate Relations for the Science Museum Group. Known for his strategic mindset, Tom consistently crafts innovative fundraising frameworks, generating seven-figure partnerships and pioneering new income streams to support mission-led organisations.
Tom has orchestrated multi-year corporate sponsorship programmes demonstrating his flair for engaging diverse audiences and aligning charitable aims with supporter interests. By cultivating high-impact alliances with corporates, high-net-worth individuals, and philanthropic partners, Tom has fuelled support for dynamic cultural and educational programmes across the UK. His dual strength in both the heritage stewardship and commercial acumen positions him at the forefront of sustainable funding models, resonating with non-profit organisations seeking lasting impact through strategic philanthropic engagement.
Mark Hosea
is the CEO of London Historic Buildings Trust (LHBT), the only Building Preservation Trust that covers the whole of Greater London, specialising in heritage-led regeneration to save at-risk historic buildings to benefit communities across London. From affordable housing to innovative workspaces, to healthcare sites and community spaces, they create new places across the City which unify today’s communities with special buildings of the past. Prior to that Mark was Director of Estates and Conservation at the Old Royal Naval College, Greenwich, and held Project Director roles for The Canterbury Journey at Canterbury Cathedral and for York Minster Revealed at York Minster, all of which developed and then delivered projects at internationally significant cultural heritage attractions that are commercially successful, with a key focus on creating engaging places that people from all backgrounds want to visit and enjoy. This meant ensuring that people and their needs were at the forefront, and physical assets were put to economically viable use and conserved in an appropriate manner, safeguarding them for the enjoyment of future, as well as present generations. Prior to these roles, Mark worked in the private sector advising multiple clients across England. Mark is a Member of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (Planning and Development) with an MSc in Urban Regeneration. Mark is also a Freeman of the Worshipful Company of Glaziers and Chair of The York Glaziers Trust. Mark acts in an advisory capacity to numerous other heritage focussed funders, projects and institutions.
Malcolm Leith
is management consultant who has work in many private sector businesses and government organisations in the UK, Europe and the Middle East. He specalises in organisational change and managing large complex business and IT programmes. He is a former trustee and treasurer of the Glaziers Foundation and Trust, the charitable arms of the Worshipful Company of Glaziers, London. Since 2008, using his management consulting experience and skills, Malcolm has focussed on providing pro bono business and management advice to charities in East Anglia and London.
Adrian Murphy
is Europeana Collections Manager for the Europeana Foundation in the Netherlands, where he works in partnership with cultural heritage institutions and consortia to engage audiences across Europe with digitised cultural heritage collections. He is an experienced digital communications and marketing professional. Prior to his role at Europeana, he was the Digital Manager at south London's Horniman Museum and Gardens where he led on digital strategy, website and social media activities.
Suzanne Phillips Galloway
has a background in ethics and compliance for a number of professional bodies including lawyers, architects, chartered surveyors and healthcare providers. She has specialised in project management, and organisational transformation. She has served as Master of the Worshipful Company of Glaziers & Painters of Glass and as a trustee of its charity, The Glaziers’ Foundation. She is also a member of The Georgian Group and is undertaking postgraduate research at the University of Buckingham (History of Art).
Michael Sheppard
is Executive Director for the Cathedrals' Workshop Fellowship. He is a Construction Director with two decades of experience in historic architectural conservation, restoration and project management. Previous roles include Director of Works and Property at Lincoln Cathedral. Michael is an ICON Accredited Conservator and a Heritage Advisory Panel Member for The Chartered Institute of Building (CIOB).
The museum benefits from the support of our Collections Committee, who advise on acquisitions to our collection. The committee includes academics, museum professionals and Trustees of the museum.
Jeffrey West (Chairman) is a historic buildings and artefacts specialist with wide managerial and professional experience within the ecclesiastical heritage sector. He gained his PhD from the Courtauld Institute of Art and is a specialist in medieval art and architecture.
Tim Ayers is professor of history of art at the University of York. He works on British medieval art, with a specialism in stained glass. He is president of the international Corpus Vitrearum project, which is dedicated to the research and publication of stained glass of all periods.
Lloyd de Beer is a Trustee member of the Collections Committee. He is Curator of Medieval Britain and Europe at The British Museum, and brings this experience to the committee. Lloyd gained his PhD from the UEA and is interested in the early collecting history of medieval antiquities.
Martin Crampin is an artist, designer and photographer, based at the University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh and Celtic Studies in Aberystwyth. He has been researching stained glass, particularly in Wales, for around twenty years and has published widely on aspects of ecclesiastical art. His ‘Stained Glass in Wales’ catalogue was launched in 2011 and provides thousands of images and information about the work of artists, designers and studios involved in the production of stained glass.
Suzanne Phillips Galloway joined the Collections Committee as a representative of the Stained Glass Museum Board of Trustees. She helps ensure that the Committee's recommendations and decision-outcomes complement the Museum's overarching vision, strategy and funding goals. She has an MA in History of Art from the University of Buckingham, and her thesis was on eighteenth century-glass painting.
Michaela Zöschg is Curator of Medieval Art & Design, in the Decorative Art and Sculpture Department at the Victoria and Albert Museum in London. She looks after the medieval collections of Sculpture, Metalwork, Ceramics and Glass and is one of the curators responsible for the museum’s Medieval & Renaissance Galleries. She has published on medieval alabaster carvings, textiles and reliquaries, as well as on female Franciscan patronage networks of queens in the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries.
The Stained Glass Museum is managed by a full-time Director and Curator and a small team of part-time staff, assisted by volunteers.
Director and Curator
Jasmine Allen
joined the museum as Curator in 2013 and has played a key role in the museum's strategic development in recent years, becoming Director and Curator in 2016. Jasmine specialises in stained glass 1800-present, and has published widely in this field. Her book
Windows for the world: stained glass and the international exhibitions 1851-1900 (Manchester University Press, 2018) was developed from her PhD (University of York) and focused on the exhibition of post-medieval stained glass in an international context. Jasmine is also an Honorary Freeman of the Worshipful Company of Glaziers and Painters on Glass, and committee member of the Glaziers Trust as well as the Stained Glass Repository. She is also a Trustee of the British Corpus Vitrearum Medii Aevi (CVMA), external stained glass advisor to the Ely Diocesan Advisory Committee, and member of the British Society of Master Glass Painters.
Deputy Curator
Emily Allen is Deputy Curator, and responsible for engaging audiences with our collections, communications, social media and events programming and administration. Emily has an MA in Museums STudies (University of Leicester).
Shop & Visitor Services Manager
Steven Jugg is our Shop & Visitor Services Manager, responsible for the museum's retail, managing our team of Visitor Service Assistants and our Adult Workshop programme. Steven has previously worked at the Fitzwilliam Museum as well as private galleries. He is also a professional photographer.
Learning Officer
Louise Hawksley is our Learning Officer, responsible for the museum's formal and informal learning programmes, engagement with schools, young people and families.
Finance & Office Manager
Malcolm Mitchell is our Finance & Office Manager, responsible for the museum's financial administration and IT systems.
Visitor Services Assistants
Our Visitor Service Assistants are
Italia,
Rachel and
Lindsey. As the first people you will meet on your visit they are the most important members of our team, who will welcome you and assist with enquiries, bookings and shop purchases!
If you are interested in joining our team please see our
job vacancies and
volunteering pages.
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