Science Museum (London) - Directors of The Science Museum

Directors of The Science Museum

The Directors of the South Kensington Museum were:

• Henry Cole CB (1857–1873)
• Sir Philip Cunliffe-Owen KCB KCMG CIE (1873–1893)

The Directors of the Science Museum have been:

• Major-General Edward R. Festing CB FRS (1893–1904)
• William I. Last (1904–1911)
• Sir Francis Grant Ogilvie CB (1911–1920)
• Colonel Sir Henry Lyons FRS (1920–1934)
• Colonel E. E. B. Mackintosh DSO (1933–1945)
• Dr Herman Shaw (1945–1950)
• Dr F. Sherwood Taylor (1950–1956)
• Sir Terence Morrison-Scott DSc FMA (1956–1960)
• Sir David Follett FMA (1960–1973)
• Dame Margaret Weston DBE FMA (1973–1986)
• Sir Neil Cossons OBE FSA FMA (1986–2000)
• Dr Lindsay Sharp (2000–2002)

The following have been Head/Director of the Science Museum in London, not including its satellite museums:

• Jon Tucker (2002–2007, Head)
• Prof. Chris Rapley CBE (2007 – present, Director)

The following have been Directors of the National Museum of Science and Industry, (since April 2012 renamed the Science Museum Group) which oversees the Science Museum and other related museums, from 2002:

• Dr Lindsay Sharp (2002–2005)
• Jon Tucker (2005–2006, Acting Director)
• Prof. Martin Earwicker FREng (2006–2009)
• Molly Jackson (2009)
• Andrew Scott CBE (2009–2010)
• Ian Blatchford (2010–)