Organisation
Culture24 is based in Brighton, southern England, and has ten employees. The Culture24 Director is Jane Finnis, who contributed a chapter to Learning to Live: Museums, young people and education and in March 2010 was named as one of 50 "Women to Watch" in the United Kingdom cultural and creative sectors by the Cultural Leadership Programme. The Culture24 Chairman is John Newbigin, who was named as one of Wired Magazine's top 100 people shaping the digital world in May 2010.
The charity was founded in 2001 as the 24 Hour Museum, when the website of the same name became an independent company.
The organisation changed its name to Culture24 in November 2007, and the website followed suit on 11 February 2009. Culture24 is a registered charity and is funded by the UK government through Arts Council England (ACE).
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