The Financial Times' HTSI magazine writes: "The British Museum was the first public national museum in the world, so in some ways, it's kind of the museum. It has always been free, something that was very deliberate when it was founded in 1753 it had to be for the benefit of all persons. Over the past almost three centuries - 272 years - the collection has grown and grown. Now it's probably the greatest in the world."
Sam WRIGHT c/o LGA MGMT portrayed Nicholas Cullinan for the Financia Times' HTSI Mag. The interview was conducted by Rosanna Dodds.
Nicholas Cullinan, Director of The British Museum : "I first visited when I was four years old. My family had just moved back from America my parents were British but I was born in the US - which was quite a big upheaval. We stayed in one of those little hotels on Gower Street and my mum brought me to the British Museum.
I remember seeing the mummies, of course, which a lot of children make a beeline for, but also just feeling this sense of solace and belonging in a world that was changing. I could see that I had a place in the world and that there was a bigger one around me as well. Since then, like a lot of people, I've come very regularly."
Robert Nicholas Cullinan OBE (born December 29, 1977) is an art historian and curator. On January 6, 2015, he was appointed 12th Director of the National Portrait Gallery in London. On March 28, 2024, it was announced that he had been appointed Director of the British Museum. Cullinan's partner is Mattias Vendelmans, a Belgian art dealer and founder of the Vendelmans Gallery in London in 2023.
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