Meet Andrew Parkin

Keeper of Archaeology

Andrew Parkin is Keeper of Archaeology at the GNM.  His background is in archaeology and museum education with over 25 years’ experience of working with archaeology collections.  He has also been employed as a lecturer and secondary school teacher, focusing on ancient history, history and archaeology.  He has published a number of artefacts from the Shefton Collection in the GNM and is co-editor of On the Fascination of Objects: Greek Art in the Shefton Collection (2016).  His extensive experience of curating temporary exhibitions, includes acting as exhibition lead for Lindow Man: Body of Evidence (2009) and The Extraordinary Gertrude Bell (2016).