Education
Born in London, England, of Polish parents, Lohman was educated at the University of East Anglia where he graduated with an Honours degree in History of Art in 1979.
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Career
He is Professor of Museum Design and Communication at the Bergen National Academy of the Arts in Norway (since 1997) and Chairman of the National Museum in Warsaw, Poland (since 2008). He has been Chief Executive Officer of the Royal British Columbia Museum in Victoria since 26 March 2012. Before taking up his present appointment, Jack Lohman had been Director of the Museum of London since August 2002.
He was awarded a scholarship to read architecture at the Freie Universität Berlin and later obtained an Master of Arts at the University of Manchester.
Lohman has also received honorary doctorates from the University of Westminster (2008), the University of London (PUNO) (2009), and the University of East Anglia (2013). In 2000 He was appointed the Chief Executive Officer of Iziko Museums of Cape Town, South Africa, an organization consisting of fifteen national museums including the South African Museum, the South African Maritime Museum and the South African National Gallery where he led the creation of a new museum institution and the transformation of the national museum sector.
He was a Director of TVC Limited, an award-winning film and audio-visual production company and MET Studio, a multi-disciplinary design consultancy based in London, Singapore and Hong Kong. From 1985 to 1994 he worked for English Heritage, developing museums and exhibitions both nationally and internationally.
Lohman was appointed Commander of the Order of the British Empire (Commander of the Order of the British Empire) in the Queen"s 2012 Birthday Honours for his work at the Museum of London.
Achievements
Membership
He is Editor in Chief of United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization’s Museums and Diversity publications series and a member of the International Advisory Board of the National Institute of Museums in Rwanda. He is a former Chairman of the International Council of Museums (International Council of Museums) United Kingdom (2002-2008) and a former member of the United Kingdom National Commission for United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization Culture Committee (2002-2010).
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2008 (aged 49)