Although I loved visiting museums when I was young, I never thought about working in one. I studied English Literature at university, thinking I might go into publishing or a marketing role, but in my final year I took a module on Pre-Raphaelite art and poetry, which made me start looking at paintings in a different way. I knew I wanted to work with artworks.
After an MA in Art History and Curating at the University of Birmingham, I was lucky enough to secure an internship at the Skissernas Museum in Sweden. I moved to Nottingham when I returned to the UK, volunteering in a couple of museums and working at Artcore, a visual arts charity in Derby. I moved down to London when I started at the William.
Morris Gallery and have been assistant curator here for four years, looking after our amazing collection of paintings, drawings, textiles and furniture, as well as working on the exhibitions programme.
My days can be very varied - I might be helping a researcher in our reading room, writing labels for an upcoming exhibition, leading guided tours or cataloguing design drawings in our collections store.
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Collecting Dioramas MINIATURE WORLDS
From elaborate taxidermy museum displays to humble folk art creations, a diorama can transport us to another time and place
Pride of place LEEDS CREAMWARE
In its heyday the pre-eminent rival to Wedgwood's Queens ware, Leeds creamware is still much revered by collectors for its understated elegance
Bohemian Rhapsody
An exuberant approach to decor, with rooms enveloped in colour and pattern, has brought this historic home merrily into the 21st century...
THE ANTIQUES THAT SHAPED ME Rory Hutton
The accessories designer on his love of silver spoons and Sévres porcelain
European HERITAGE B&Bs
Is there anything more inspiring than staying somewhere that's both beautifully stylish and imbued with history? Rhiannon Batten explores five gems across Europe, from Sweden to Spain...
STAR SALES
A Hitchens painting, a museum-quality teapot and a Parisian chocolate box are all top of the lots
Textile designs by artists
Influential 20th-century fine artists and sculptors, from Picasso to Barbara Hepworth, gained additional status as textile designers until decline set in during the 1970s
Period DRAMA
A painstaking renovation has brought this 1725 former Huguenot silk weaver's house in London's Spitalfields back to life
An artist's RESIDENCE
Rustic details and a restrained palette lend a sense of simplicity to this lovingly restored Friesian bakery
Carefully Curated LIVING
This lovingly restored Gustavian manor has become both home and showroom for its owners, Maria & Jan Åke, who deal in European antiques