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Andrew undertook his post-graduate museum studies training at the Department of Museum Studies at the University of Leicester between 1991-93. He was made an Associate of the the Museums Association (AMA) in London in 2004 and is at present a mentor training young curators towards gaining their AMA. For the past fourteen years, he has been responsible for the collections
of the Paddle Steamer Preservation Society during which time the
collection has been fully documented, collection management procedures
introduced and a permanent store created at Chatham Historic Dockyard
in Kent. This website is the culmination of this work to date. Andrew
can be contacted by email at andrew.gladwell@fsmail.net |
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Andrew
has worked in a variety of national, designated and specialist museums
since 1985. After graduating in 1984, he initially worked at the
Linnean Society of London before spending five years at Chatham
Historic Dockyard in Kent. After a further seven years at the Royal
Engineers Museum with its Designated collection, he spent several
years working with a diverse collection of museums including Croydon
Clocktower, Bexley Museum and finally the National Postal Museum
in London where he was responsible for two specific parts of this
national collection. Since then, he has been working for a number
of years for a local history museum in Essex in addition to undertaking
a wide range of museum and collection management consultancy work.
Andrew has extensive experience in collections management, display,
public services and research. In addition, he has published three
books on paddle steamer heritage.