Mark Jones (museum director)

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Mark Jones is a British art historian and museum director; he is director of the Victoria and Albert Museum. His particular expertise is in medals.

Jones read Politics, Philosophy and Economics at Worcester College, Oxford, before taking an MA in art history at the Courtauld Institute of Art. He spent 18 years in the Department of Coins and Medals at the British Museum, where he curated the acclaimed exhibition FAKE? The Art of Deception. In 1992 he was appointed director of the National Museums of Scotland, and here he gained a high reputation. He oversaw the creation in 1998 of the Museum of Scotland, which went on to win 22 prizes for its displays and a Stirling Prize nomination for its building. Since May 2001 Jones has been director of the Victoria and Albert Museum.

Jones is a Great Grandson of Gilbert Murray.

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• Mark Jones, Director — Victoria and Albert Museum. Accessed August 1, 2007

Cultural offices
Preceded by Alan Borg	Director of the Victoria and Albert Museum 2001 – present	Incumbent