NEWS: UK Parliament member resigns to take direction of the V&A Museum

[ENCATC Museums in Europe]

One of the UK's Labour Party’s isolated moderates, Tristram Hunt, a historian and writer, announced his resignation from Parliament to lead one of Britain’s most popular museums, the Victoria and Albert. What will be in store for the new V&A Director who has never run a museum, but has an impressive cultural résumé? In a statement, Mr. Hunt said that “I have loved the V&A since I was a boy,” and mentioned planned renewal projects at the institution, like a new entrance on Exhibition Road and new galleries.

Read more: https://www.nytimes.com/2017/01/13/world/europe/tristram-hunt-labour-va-museum.html?_r=0