Trustees

​York Museums Trust was
formed on 1 August, 2002 as an independent charitable trust to manage the
museums and gallery service previously run by City of York Council. All the collections are designated and
include Art, Science, History and Archaeology. Prior to the pandemic the
museums and galleries attracted about 500,000 visitors each year with an
additional c1.2m visits to the Museum Gardens.

YMT has an excellent track record in its learning
and engagement activity – from formal education workshops for schools to family
learning to activities and events for a broader public. Reaching out to communities, bringing
opportunity to those, for example, with mental health issues are all part of
YMT’s imaginative programming.

YMT is now seeking four new trustees to join its
Board. Trustees
have an important role to play as representatives and advocates of the Trust,
enhancing its public profile and helping to ensure support and funding from
both public and private sector sources.
They have ultimate responsibility for directing the affairs of the
Trust, for making sure it is solvent and sustainable, well run and delivering
the outcomes for which it was established.
They also contribute their expertise and experience in advising on
policy and development of the organisation, assessing risk and supporting the
Chief Executive and senior staff to whom operational management is
delegated.

The Trust is looking for
candidates from a range of backgrounds with skills and abilities to complement
those of existing Trustees and to be able to contribute to the Board as it
looks forward to a future of continuing change, ambition and development. They will be people who can empathise and
contribute to the Trust’s local, national and international profile and whose
experience can support the Trust in continuing to develop its business model.

YMT is particularly
interested in individuals who can demonstrate experience across: 1) commercial,
business finance and entrepreneurial; 2) marketing and communications; 3)
community leadership, advocacy and networking; 4) capital projects and estates.
They would also particularly welcome applications from individuals local to the
Yorkshire area.

The Trust is an inclusive
organisation and this is reflected in our governance, management, programming
and engagement. Perspectives from communities traditionally less well
served by cultural organisations are always of great interest to us.

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