Ann Sumner

Ann Sumner
Alma mater
OccupationMuseum / Gallery Director
Known forArt curation

Ann Sumner is an art historian, exhibition curator, author and former museum director. She is currently Visiting Professor at Manchester Metropolitan University [1] and Chair of the Methodist Modern Art Collection.[2]

She was the Head of Public Engagement at the University of Leeds, where she led the Public Art Programme (2015–2017).[3][4]

She was Historic Collections Adviser at Harewood House Trust, where she led the Chippendale 300 celebrations (2015–2018).[5] In 2018 she was made a Fellow of Aberystwyth University in 2018 [6]

She was the executive director of the Brontë Society,[7][8] a director of the Barber Institute of Fine Arts at the University of Birmingham, England[9] (2007–2012),[10] and the first director of the Birmingham Museums Trust, comprising the merged Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery and Thinktank, from 2012[10] until 2013.[7]

  1. ^ Sumner, Ann. "Visiting Professor". mmu.ac.uk.
  2. ^ "MMAC Management Committee".
  3. ^ "A Champion for Public Art".
  4. ^ "Key New Culture Role at the University".
  5. ^ "Chippendale 300 celebrations (2015–2018)".
  6. ^ "Art historian and museum director Professor Ann Sumner honoured as Fellow".
  7. ^ a b "Ann Sumner resigns as director of Birmingham Museums Trust". Museums Association. Retrieved 8 July 2013.
  8. ^ "Ann Sumner steps down from Brontë Society". Museums Association. Retrieved 4 July 2014.
  9. ^ "The Barber Institute of Fine Arts". Barber Institute. 1 February 2010. Archived from the original on 5 February 2012. Retrieved 15 February 2012.
  10. ^ a b Coleman, Geoff (15 February 2012). "Birmingham Museums Trust appoints first director". birminghamnewsroom.com. Birmingham City Council. Archived from the original on 30 November 2012. Retrieved 15 February 2012.