Museum Assistants
Our team of Museum Assistants look after the day-to-day running of our sites. Tickets for events can be booked online or by telephoning the museums directly.
Farhana Begum (Arts, Tourism, Culture and Heritage Manager)
This role focuses on delivering a high quality museums service in partnership with our stakeholders, aiming to make St Albans City and District a centre of excellence for culture and heritage.
E: farhana.begum@stalbans.gov.uk
Catherine Newley (Audience Development Manager)
Catherine leads on developing new and existing audiences in order to increase access to and engagement with our collections and programmes. She manages the Audience Development Team, including the Curators and Learning and Engagement Officer.
E: catherine.newley@stalbans.gov.uk
T: 07789 615001
Jo Taylor (Visitor Services Manager - Verulamium Museum)
Jo is responsible for the day-to-day running of Verulamium Museum, including managing our Visitor Services team.
E: joanna.taylor@stalbans.gov.uk
T: 01727 814653
Justine Earthrowl (Visitor Services Manager - St Albans Museum + Gallery)
Justine is responsible for the day-to-day running of St Albans Museum + Gallery, including managing our Visitor Services team.
E: justine.earthrowl@stalbans.gov.uk
Eleanor Payne (Commercial Services Manager)
Eleanor is responsible for the commercial offer at our museums with responsibilities for income generation across venue hire, catering and retail areas of the Museum service.
E: eleanor.payne@stalbans.gov.uk
T: 01727 819337
Rebecca Davies (Commercial Services Officer)
Rebecca deals with all events bookings and works on retail in our shops too. The phones can be very busy at times and email is a better way to get in touch.
E: rebecca.davies@stalbans.gov.uk or for all Private Hire enquiries: museumevents@stalbans.gov.uk
Katie Arnold (Commercial Services Assistant)
Katie works with the Commercial Services team to ensure the smooth running of event bookings and our retail offer. The phones can be very busy at times and email is a better way to get in touch.
E: katie.arnold@stalbans.gov.uk or for all Private Hire enquiries: museumevents@stalbans.gov.uk
Alex Nott (Marketing Officer)
Alex is responsible for promoting the museums and for the museums' external communications, including PR, social media, website and print materials.
E: alex.nott@stalbans.gov.uk
T: 01727 819330
Tom Lucas (Archaeologist)
Tom is responsible for developing, maintaining and advancing the knowledge of archaeology for St Albans City and District. He provides professional advice on archaeology finds and digs to external archaeology contractors and oversees research on archaeological archives, identifying opportunities for transfers to the museum's collections. His working pattern is Monday - Wednesdays 10am-4pm
E: tom.lucas@stalbans.gov.uk
T: 01727 819298
David Thorold (Curator, Pre-historic to Medieval)
Based at Verulamium Museum, David looks after collections from pre-historic times to the Medieval era. He is an archaeologist with particular expertise in coins.
E: david.thorold@stalbans.gov.uk
T: 01727 819334
Sarah Keeling (Curator, Post Medieval to Contemporary)
Sarah looks after collections from the 15th Century to the present day. She oversees much of the temporary exhibition programme at St Albans Museum + Gallery, working closely with community groups to develop exhibitions and events.
E: sarah.keeling@stalbans.gov.uk
T: 01727 814602
Laura Lennard (Exhibitions Assistant)
Laura works with our curators to develop and produce our exhibitions programme.
E: laura.lennard@stalbans.gov.uk
Danielle Cavender-Handley (Learning and Engagement Officer)
Danielle is responsible for the learning programmes across both our museum sites, as well as public engagement programming. This includes schools, family activities and adult learning. Please visit our Learn pages for more information.
E: danielle.cavender-handley@stalbans.gov.uk
T: 01727 819367
Caroline Wilkins (Learning and Engagement Officer)
Caroline is responsible for the learning programmes across both our museum sites, as well as public engagement programming. This includes schools, family activities and adult learning. Please visit our Learn pages for more information.
E: caroline.wilkins@stalbans.gov.uk
T: 01727 819262
Jenna Hyde (Audience Development Assistant)
Jenna deals with all school bookings, as well as supporting the Audience Development team with various projects. The phones can be very busy at times and email is a better way to get in touch.
E: museumbookings@stalbans.gov.uk (Schools)
T: 01727 638621
Jo Dickinson (Volunteer Engagement Officer)
Jo is responsible for our volunteering programme and ensuring that volunteers have an enriching experience with us.
E: museumbookings@stalbans.gov.uk (Schools)
T: 01727 638621
Elanor Cowland (Community Engagement Officer)
Elanor is responsible for our community programme, ensuring that everyone in the local community is able to connect and engage with the museum service.
E: elanor.cowland@stalbans.gov.uk
T: 01727 819284
Matt Fittock (Finds Liaison Officer)
Matt records archaeological finds discovered by members of the public.
This post is funded by the DCMS as part of the Portable Antiquities Scheme. Matt is based at Verulamium but works across Hertfordshire & Bedfordshire.
Finds & treasure appointments: please email matthew.fittock@stalbans.gov.uk to book an appointment to bring in finds or treasure.
Treasure: If you have something you think is treasure - please do report this to us. Objects that count as treasure (broadly) are: objects comprised mostly of silver or gold and more than 300 years old; 2 or more coins of silver or gold and more than 300 years old (a single coin is not treasure); 10 or more coins of bronze and more than 300 years old; more than 1 item of pre-historic metalwork from the same find spot. Find out more about treasure from the Portable Antiquities website.
Find out more about the Portable Antiquities Scheme
E: matthew.fittock@stalbans.gov.uk
T: 01727 819379