Jack Lohman

Jack Lohman (born 23 May 1958)[1] CBE, born Jacek Lohman, is an internationally recognized leader in the development of museums and cultural policy. He has worked with governments in Africa, Europe, the Middle East and Africa on issues of cultural diplomacy, repatriation and human remain in museums. He has received numerous awards including the Bene Merito from the Government of Poland and CBE from HM the Queen.

Jack Lohman

CBE
Born
Jacek Lohman

(1958-05-23) 23 May 1958
London, United Kingdom
Alma materUniversity of Manchester
OccupationMuseum curator

Jack Lohman was the Chief Executive of the Royal British Columbia Museum[2] Canada until he resigned in February 2021 during an investigation into the museum repatriation and reconciliation efforts.[3] He was President of the Canadian Museum Association, is 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]

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 Warsaw, Poland.

References
  1. "Birthday's today". The Telegraph. 23 May 2013. Archived from the original on 23 May 2013. Retrieved 17 May 2014. Prof Jack Lohman, Director, Royal British Columbia Museum; Director, Museum of London, 2002–12, 552
  2. News release (13 January 2013). "Royal BC Museum Appoints Jack Lohman as New CEO" (PDF). Royal BC Museum. Retrieved 17 May 2014.
  3. "Royal B.C. Museum CEO Jack Lohman stepping down". vancouversun. Retrieved 11 February 2021.
  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.
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