The Director
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Jack Lohman was appointed Director of the Museum of London Group in August 2002.
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Born in London of Polish parents, Jack Lohman was educated at the University of East Anglia where he studied History of Art. He was awarded a scholarship to read Architecture at the Freien Univeristat in Berlin and later obtained an MA at the University of Manchester. He went on to win a British Council Fellowship Award to study History of Art at Warsaw University. He holds an honorary Doctorate from the University of Westminster.
Before taking up his present appointment, Jack Lohman was the Chief Executive Officer of Iziko Museums of Cape Town, an organization consisting of fifteen national museums including the South African Museum, the South African Maritime Museum and the South African National Gallery. Here he led the creation of a new museum institution and the transformation of the national museum sector.
Between 1985 and 1994, he worked for English Heritage, developing museums and exhibitions both nationally and internationally.
Jack Lohman is also Visiting Professor of Museum Design and Communication at the Bergen National Academy of Arts in Norway, Chairman of ICOM (UK), the International Council of Museums, and a member of the UK National Commission of UNESCO. He is Chairman of the National Museum of Warsaw, Poland and the editor in chief of UNESCO’s publication series "Museums and Diversity".
Jack speaks nine languages fluently.