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National Science and Media Museum appoints digital entrepreneur as Chair

The National Science and Media Museum, part of the Science Museum Group, has appointed digital entrepreneur, Lopa Patel MBE as Chair of the museum’s Advisory Board. She becomes the first Asian woman to Chair the Advisory Board, with the museum entering an exciting period of change as plans coalesce for Sound and Vision, the museum’s major re-development project, and Bradford City of Culture 2025.

Lopa has been a Trustee of the Science Museum Group since 2016 and was re-appointed by the Prime Minister for a second term of four years in 2020. She has been involved with helping the Group deliver the strategy to digitise its extensive collection of seven million objects and execute its long-term ‘Inspiring Futures’ strategy to grow science capital in young people and adults across the UK and around the world.

1 Comment
2 New galleries
3 100 years of broadcasting
4 About National Science and Media Museum
5 About the Science Museum Group (SMG)
6 About Lopa Patel MBE
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Speaking of her appointment Lopa said, “I am delighted to be taking up the reins as Chair at this exciting time for the National Science and Media Museum. We have ambitious plans for new Sound and Vision galleries at the museum which will deliver a breath-taking space to showcase one of the greatest collections and world-changing sound and vision technologies, as well as an activity programme to inspire one of the most diverse and fastest-growing cities in Britain. I have been enthusiastically welcomed by many of Bradford’s leading influencers and look forward to working with the museum’s Executive Team and many more people in the city”.

Jo Quinton-Tulloch, Director of the National Science and Media Museum added, “I am delighted to welcome Lopa as Chair of the National Science and Media Museum’s Advisory Board. Her technology, media and digital perspective will add to our ambition for the Sound and Vision galleries to tell stories of human ingenuity, connecting historic technologies to people’s lives now and in the future. Bradford is a cornerstone of West Yorkshire’s creative hub and having a media entrepreneur on our board will help ensure the museum is a centre of media and digital heritage for Britain”.

[edit] New galleries

The appointment comes as the National Science and Media Museum begins to develop two new permanent galleries as part of its ambitious Sound and Vision project. Currently in the development phase thanks to support from the National Lottery Heritage Fund, Sound and Vision will inspire future generations, by providing wider access to world class collections of photography, radio, film, TV, sound and digital technologies. Created in close consultation with local communities, the galleries will make the museum a cultural cornerstone as Bradford becomes UK City of Culture in 2025. Sound and Vision also complements the city’s ambitious ten-year culture strategy Culture is our Plan and supports the wider region’s commitment to building a digital economy.

The National Science and Media Museum explores the science and culture of image and sound technologies and their impact on our lives. The museum is also home to Pictureville, Yorkshire’s biggest independent cinema.

[edit] 100 years of broadcasting

Switched On, the museum’s current exhibition celebrates the last 100 years of broadcasting innovations as a part of the Broadcast 100 programme. Broadcast 100 is a bumper year of exhibitions, special displays, events and digital content across the Science Museum Group to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the BBC and the 40th anniversary of Channel 4. The Science Museum Group has also digitised 1,000 new objects from the BBC Heritage Collection to continue to tell engaging stories about the broadcaster.

The Chair of the National Science and Media Museum’s Advisory Board must be a Trustee of the Science Museum Group (SMG) and is appointed for a term of four years by the SMG Chair. The Advisory Board normally has a maximum of twelve members. The role of the Advisory Board is to advise the museum’s Director of plans for the cultural content of the Museum’s offer and on the networks within the regional, cultural, academic and industry sectors.

Details of the current Advisory Board can be found at: www.scienceandmediamuseum.org.uk/about-us

[edit] About National Science and Media Museum

The National Science and Media Museum in Bradford, West Yorkshire, opened in 1983 and has since become one of the most visited UK museums outside London. It draws on more than three million objects from its national collection to explore the science and culture of image and sound technologies, and their impact on our lives.

The Museum creates special exhibitions, interactive galleries and activities for families and adults, and is home to three cinemas including Europe’s first IMAX cinema screen and the world’s only remaining public Cinerama screen. Entry to the Museum is free.

www.scienceandmediamuseum.org.uk

[edit] About the Science Museum Group (SMG)

The Science Museum Group (SMG) is the world’s leading group of science museums, welcoming over five million visitors each year to five sites: the Science Museum in London, the National Railway Museum in York, the Museum of Science and Industry in Manchester, the National Science and Media Museum in Bradford and Locomotion in Shildon. We share the stories of innovations and people that shaped our world and are transforming the future, constantly reinterpreting our astonishingly diverse collection of 7.3 million items spanning science, technology, engineering, mathematics and medicine. Standout objects include the record-breaking locomotive Flying Scotsman, Richard Arkwright’s textile machinery, Alan Turing’s Pilot ACE computer and the earliest surviving recording of British television. Our mission is to inspire futures - igniting curiosity amoung people of all ages and backgrounds. Each year our museums attract more than 600,000 visits by education groups, while our touring exhibition programme brings our creativity and scholarship to audiences across the globe.

[edit] About Lopa Patel MBE

Lopa Patel MBE is a Digital Entrepreneur, Non-Executive Chair, NED and Trustee with strengths in governance and risk oversight. The founder of two ventures in online media and a data-driven marketing consultancy, she is also the Chair of equality and inclusion charity, Diversity UK, a Trustee of The Science Museum Group (SMG) and a Non-Executive Director of the Intellectual Property Office (IPO).

She is an ambassador for entrepreneurship, innovation and technology and has been recognised with many accolades including an MBE for services to the creative industries in 2009, the Queen’s Award for Enterprise Promotion in 2015, an Honorary Doctorate by The Open University in 2017 in recognition of her efforts to promote diversity and inclusion in STEM and, more recently, she was named TechWomen100 2021 Champion of the Year.

Article supplied via press release from the National Science and Media Museum Dated September 5 2022.