Career
From 1990 to 2006 she worked for the National Maritime Museum, and was its Deputy Director (2000-2006) after being Director of the Royal Observatory, Greenwich (1998-2001). In October 2013 she appeared on British Broadcasting Corporation Radio 4"s The Museum of Curiosity and chose to donate "The Eureka Moment" to the hypothetical museum. She has a Bachelor in Comparative Literature from Bennington College, Vermont, United States of America (1976) and an Master of Arts (1976) and Doctor of Philosophy (1987) in Art History from the University of Chicago.
