- Gordon Rintoul
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Dr Gordon Rintoul is Director of National Museums Scotland in Edinburgh, Scotland.[1]
Rintoul was born in Glasgow, Scotland.[2] He studied physics at the University of Edinburgh and received a PhD from the University of Manchester in the history of science and technology.[3] In 1984, he was appointed as curator of the Colour Museum in Bradford, West Yorkshire. Between 1987 and 1998, he was Director of Catalyst, a museum in Widnes, Cheshire on the chemical industry. In 1989, he was awarded the Diploma of the Museums Association.
In 1998, he became Chief Executive of the Sheffield Galleries & Museums Trust. In 2001, he led the opening of the Millennium Galleries, an art gallery in Sheffield, South Yorkshire, with funding from the Millennium Commission and in partnership with the Victoria and Albert Museum. He became Director of National Museums Scotland in 2002, where he has led the project to restore the Royal Museum.[4]
References
- ^ "Contact us". National Museum of Scotland. http://www.nms.ac.uk/about_us/about_us/contact_us.aspx. Retrieved July 28, 2011.
- ^ "Gordon Rintoul". New Scientist. 30 November 2002. http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg17623716.600-gordon-rintoul.html. Retrieved July 28, 2011.
- ^ "Dr Gordon Rintoul". Nation Museums Directors' Conference, UK. http://www.nationalmuseums.org.uk/members/?member=nms. Retrieved July 28, 2011.
- ^ "National Museum of Scotland to reopen after £47m refit". BBC News. BBC. 28 July 2011. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-edinburgh-east-fife-14313739. Retrieved July 28, 2011.
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