Jane Rowlands has been appointed as the Head of Museums and Collections for Glasgow Life.
Ms Rowlands has spent more than 20 years with Glasgow’s museums and has been acting Head of Museums and Collections for Glasgow Life since August.
The appointment comes after an extensive recruitment and interview process following the retirement of Duncan Dornan, Glasgow Life said.
Jane Rowlands has managed almost every aspect of Glasgow’s museum service and been involved in the delivery of projects and programmes including the refurbishment of Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum, Phase Two of the Glasgow Museum Resource Centre, the Riverside Museum project, the reimagining of Kelvin Hall and The Burrell Collection.
READ MORE: English accountancy firm acquires ‘longstanding’ Scottish company
Ms Rowlands is currently leading the museums work for the refurbishment of The People’s Palace.
She studied English and Art at Canterbury Christ Church University and then achieved an MA in Conservation in London before joining Glasgow’s museums in 2000 working on the Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum project.
Ms Rowlands has held positions across Collections and Conservation Management, led or contributed to several research projects, and as a Senior Museums Manager since 2011 supported previous Heads of Museums and Collections.
Jane Rowlands, Head of Museums and Collections for Glasgow Life, said: “The once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to lead Glasgow’s civic museum service is very exciting. No other museums service is as deeply associated with the culture of the city they serve. I am committed to increasing accessibility and engagement with our collections and supporting Glasgow Life’s charitable aims of improving people’s happiness, health and wealth. I’m honoured to be given the chance to expand the influence and reach of Glasgow Life Museums, continuing to work with colleagues who are wonderfully talented and have unmatched expertise.”
Billy Garrett, Director of Culture, Tourism and Events at Glasgow Life, said: “Jane Rowlands has been with Glasgow’s museums for more than 23 years and has been at the heart of all their fantastic work in that time. No-one knows Glasgow’s museums better than Jane and she will be a brilliant leader as one of the most passionate and knowledgeable advocates of the power culture has to change lives. Jane will ensure the link between the people of Glasgow and their museums will grow stronger still by making these special places and the fantastic collection more popular than ever.”
Why are you making commenting on The Herald only available to subscribers?
It should have been a safe space for informed debate, somewhere for readers to discuss issues around the biggest stories of the day, but all too often the below the line comments on most websites have become bogged down by off-topic discussions and abuse.
heraldscotland.com is tackling this problem by allowing only subscribers to comment.
We are doing this to improve the experience for our loyal readers and we believe it will reduce the ability of trolls and troublemakers, who occasionally find their way onto our site, to abuse our journalists and readers. We also hope it will help the comments section fulfil its promise as a part of Scotland's conversation with itself.
We are lucky at The Herald. We are read by an informed, educated readership who can add their knowledge and insights to our stories.
That is invaluable.
We are making the subscriber-only change to support our valued readers, who tell us they don't want the site cluttered up with irrelevant comments, untruths and abuse.
In the past, the journalist’s job was to collect and distribute information to the audience. Technology means that readers can shape a discussion. We look forward to hearing from you on heraldscotland.com
Comments & Moderation
Readers’ comments: You are personally liable for the content of any comments you upload to this website, so please act responsibly. We do not pre-moderate or monitor readers’ comments appearing on our websites, but we do post-moderate in response to complaints we receive or otherwise when a potential problem comes to our attention. You can make a complaint by using the ‘report this post’ link . We may then apply our discretion under the user terms to amend or delete comments.
Post moderation is undertaken full-time 9am-6pm on weekdays, and on a part-time basis outwith those hours.
Read the rules here