Ann Sumner
Ann Sumner is an art historian, exhibition curator, author and former museum director. She is currently Visiting Professor at Manchester Metropolitan University and Chair of the Methodist Modern Art Collection.
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| Occupation | Museum / Gallery Director |
| Known for | Art curation |
She was the Head of Public Engagement at the University of Leeds, where she led the Public Art Programme (2015–2017).
She was Historic Collections Adviser at Harewood House Trust, where she led the Chippendale 300 celebrations (2015–2018). In 2018 she was made a Fellow of Aberystwyth University in 2018
She was the executive director of the Brontë Society, a director of the Barber Institute of Fine Arts at the University of Birmingham, England (2007–2012), and the first director of the Birmingham Museums Trust, comprising the merged Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery and Thinktank, from 2012 until 2013.