Jack Lohman

Jack Lohman (born 23 May 1958)[1] CBE, born Jacek Lohman, is Chief Executive of the Royal British Columbia Museum,[2][3] Canada. He is President of the Canadian Museums Association, a member of the Board of the Adam Mickiewicz Institute and the City of Warsaw Museum. He is also a Board member of the British Columbia Achievement Foundation.[4]

Jack Lohman CBE
Born	Jacek Lohman (1958-05-23) 23 May 1958 London, United Kingdom
Alma mater	University of Manchester
Occupation	Museum curator

Life and work

Jack Lohman holds an honours degree in art history from the University of East Anglia and a master's degree in architecture from the University of Manchester. He was awarded scholarships to study architecture at the Freie Universität Berlin and the University of Warsaw. He has received honorary doctorates from the University of Westminster (2008), the Polish University Abroad, London (2009), and the University of East Anglia (2012).[5]

He is professor of Museum Design and Communication at the Bergen Academy of Arts and Design (appointed 1997), Vice President of the Canadian Museums Association (elected 2017) and Executive Board member of the Canadian Commission for UNESCO (appointed 2014).

He was Chief Executive of Iziko Museums, South Africa (1999-2002), an organization consisting of fifteen national museums including the South African Museum and the South African National Gallery,[6] and Director of the Museum of London (2002–12).[7][8] He delivered and opened the Museum of London Docklands in 2004.

He has assisted museums around the world and his work has been recognised with numerous awards and distinctions. He was Chairman of the National Museum in Warsaw (2008–13). He was appointed Commander of British Empire (CBE) in the Queen's Birthday Honours in 2012.[9] He has received state honours from Poland, Colombia and Rwanda. He is a former Chairman of the International Council of Museums (ICOM) United Kingdom (2002–08) and member of the Culture Committee of the UK National Commission to UNESCO and the Canadian Commission to UNESCO.

Lohman is a senior editor of Museum Worlds, Berghahn Books. He was Editor in Chief of UNESCO's publications series ‘Museums and Diversity’.

He has written a number of books most recently Museums at the Crossroads (2015)[10][11] and Treasures of the Royal BC Museum (2016).[12]

His hobbies are languages (9 fluent languages) and chess. He lives in Victoria, British Columbia.

References

1. "Birthday's today". The Telegraph. 23 May 2013. Retrieved 17 May 2014. Prof Jack Lohman, Director, Royal British Columbia Museum; Director, Museum of London, 2002–12, 552
2. "Prof. Jack Lohman". Royal BC Museum. Retrieved 17 May 2014.
3. News release (13 January 2013). "Royal BC Museum Appoints Jack Lohman as New CEO" (PDF). Royal BC Museum. Retrieved 17 May 2014.
4. "British Columbia Achievement Foundation Board of Directors". www.bcachievement.com. Retrieved 28 August 2017.
5. "Executive Team: Professor Jack Lohman CBE". Royal BC Museum. Retrieved 17 May 2014.
6. Marstine, Janet (2006). New museum theory and practice an introduction. Malden, MA Oxford: Blackwell. ISBN 9781405148825.
7. "New collaboration, new benefits: a conference on transnational museum collaboration, 2007,Shanghai - Jack Lohman". Transnational Museum collaboration (blog). June 2007. Retrieved 17 May 2014.
8. Lohman, Jack (16 September 2002). "Wonders and blunders". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 28 August 2017.
9. "No. 60173". The London Gazette (Supplement). 16 June 2012. p. 7.
10. Obee, Dave. "Royal B.C. Museum director gives a crash course in what's ahead". Times Colonist. Retrieved 28 August 2017.
11. Mackie, ,John. "B.C.’s museum at the crossroads". www.vancouversun.com. Retrieved 28 August 2017.
12. "Royal BC Museum" (PDF). 20 May 2015. Retrieved 28 August 2017.

Cultural offices
Preceded by Pauline Rafferty	Director Royal British Columbia Museum 2012–present	Incumbent
Preceded by Simon Thurley	Director of the Museum of London 2002 – 21 March 2012	Succeeded by David Spence (Interim)