Education
He started his museological career at the Science Museum in London the same year he received his Doctor of Philosophy, and for the next three decades, worked all over the world.
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Career
Although presented in the 3rd. Note: no published references provided 1992 to 2002. Doctor Lindsay Gerard Sharp is a museologist living near Wollongong/Gerringong in the coastal hinterland of New South Wales in Australia, working as a museum consultant and writing.
Born in Britain and raised in Australia, Sharp earned his doctorate in the History of Ideas (science/natural philosophy) in 1976, receiving the Clifford Norton research fellowship in the History of Science from Queen"s College, Oxford.
In Australia, Sharp led the team responsible for creating the Powerhouse Museum in Sydney and was its founding director Sharp also served as Director, Entertainment and Leisure, for Merlin International Properties in Australia and the United Kingdom. He was Chief Executive Officer/Executive Consultant to the Earth Exchange – a regenerated tourist, environmental and educational facility in the Rocks, Sydney and Deputy Director/Senior Museum Consultant to the Milken Family Foundation, in Santa Monica, California, United States of America. He served as President and Chief Executive Officer of the Royal Ontario Museum in Toronto, Canada, from 1997 to 2000- Canada"s equivalent of America"s Smithsonian.
In 2000, Sharp was appointed as Director of the London, United Kingdom National Museum of Science and Industry – now known as the Science Museum Groupa family of museums that include the National Railway Museum, the Science Museum and the National Museum of Photography, Film and Television, Dana Center, "Locomotion" Museum at Shildon and the National Collections Center in Wiltshire, United Kingdom.He was Founding Director of the Dana Center and Locomotion and helped replan the entire Science Museum Group, in all aspects, developing new strategic plans for the large and complex sites at each museum and enhancing the SMG"s global electronic and educational engagement and reach. Sharp"s concern to draw more of the Science Museum"s collection to the attention of more of the public was sustained.
Since 2006 Doctor Lindsay Sharp has consulted in Asia, Australasia and the United States of America, assisting cultural organizations in developing and engaging with broader audiences and becoming more sustainable -triple bottom line.
