Andrew Scott (museum director)

Andrew John Scott CBE was Director of the National Railway Museum in York, part of the National Museum of Science and Industry (NMSI) in England. His previous museum appointments (since 1984) had been with the West Yorkshire Transport Museum in Bradford, the Bradford Industrial Museum, and the London Transport Museum.

"Andrew J. Scott" redirects here. For the economist, see Andrew J Scott.

Scott was awarded a CBE in the 2006 New Year Honours List for services to museums.[1]

In September 2009, Andrew Scott took over as acting director of the NMSI[2] after the dismissal of Molly Jackson over a breach of NMSI conduct.[3][4] On 15 October 2010[5] Andrew Scott retired and the new postholder was Ian Blatchford. He was recruited from being the Deputy Director of the Victoria and Albert Museum.[6] Since October 2015 Scott has been the Chair of Trustees of York Civic Trust.[7]

References

1. Jon Pratty, National Railway Museum's Andrew Scott Awarded CBE, Culture24, 4 January 2006
2. Andrew Scott to be Acting Director of NMSI Archived 19 March 2010 at the Wayback Machine, Science Museum, London, 22 September 2009.
3. Museums Journal, October 2009, page 4
4. Louise Jury, Science Museum director sacked after "judgment error" in accounts, London Evening Standard, 24 September 2009
5. Email from Andrew Scott 28 October 2010.
6. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 23 March 2011. Retrieved 2 October 2010.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
7. "President and Chairman". York Civic Trust. Retrieved 11 October 2019.

Cultural offices
Preceded by Molly Jackson	Director of the National Museum of Science and Industry 2009–2010	Succeeded by Ian Blatchford