Clare Milsom appointed to the Board of National Museums Liverpool

Registrar and Chief Operating Officer, Professor Clare Milsom, has been appointed by the Department for Culture, Media and Sport as one of seven new Trustees to the Board of National Museums Liverpool (NML) for a term of four years.

Clare has a particular affinity with the museums and chose the World Museum as the location for her Executive Leadership Team portrait saying:

"Of all the amazing exhibitions in Liverpool, the World Museum with its collections and displays of life sciences, earth sciences and human cultures, is my favourite place to visit. Right next door to Byrom Street I used to bring my geology students here on their first ‘bones and stones’ field trip. Preserved only as footprints the ‘invisible dinosaur’ was the highlight of our expedition. When they were little, I would also take my children to the fossil galleries hoping to shape them into mini palaeontologists but it was the planetarium and aquariums that stole their attention."

Such a rich source of delight and wonder the World Museum never fails in its mission to create memorable experiences and challenge expectations and will always have a special place in my personal history in Liverpool.

Clare is pictured with the Chair of the NML board, Andrea Nixon, who will become a Fellow of the university in April.

LJMU and National Museums Liverpool Memorandum of Understanding

LJMU and NML already have a strong and longstanding relationship, working together on a wide range of initiatives and exhibitions, and in autumn 2025 signed a Memorandum of Understanding setting out a joint commitment to collaborate on new initiatives for the benefit of local communities and wider society.