Devon Rose Turner

Devon is a museum professional based in London who specialises in arts education and communications. She works as the Communications Manager for GEM (Group for Education in Museums) and as International Outreach Coordinator at The Big Draw. Before moving to London, she attained her BA in Art History at Susquehanna University and worked at several U.S. museums like Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art (MASS MoCA) and the Barnes Foundation in Philadelphia. In 2018, Devon was awarded an MA in Museums and Galleries in Education from UCL. SWhen not working at a museum or heritage site, Devon can be found exploring various cafes around the city writing for her own arts blog (www.devonroseturner.com) and conducting important research on who has the best Victoria sponge in London.

Rachel Winter

Rachel Winter is a Ph.D. candidate, emerging curator, and museum educator. Rachel’s specialization is contemporary artists from Southwest Asia and North Africa, or the Middle East. Her dissertation examines the relatively unknown history of curating and collecting contemporary art from the Arab world, Iran, and Turkey before 9/11 in both the US and the UK, as well as how collecting and curatorial practices were informed by earlier fairs and festivals.

Laura Davey

Laura Davey is marketing specialist with a fascination for historical and architectural curiosities. She enjoys helping heritage, tourism and cultural organisations connect with their customers through engaging content and marketing strategy. @CurioCitiesUK | howcopy.co.uk

Samuel Aylett

Dr Sam Aylett-Streitberg writes on the history of museums and British colonial history.

Emily Friesen

Emily Friesen researches, develops, and writes content for museums, historic sites, parks, and science centers at an exhibition design consultancy. Currently based in Vancouver, Canada, she completed her Master’s degree in Museum Studies from the University of Leicester in 2018, and has previously worked as a museum tour guide, an education programme facilitator, and in collections management. Find her on Twitter @EmilyMarisa__ and Instagram @EmilyMarisa__

Ashley Winder

Ashley is a copywriter and marketing strategist who loves anything related to history and art. A true digital nomad, Ashley's first stop in a any new town is the local museum. With a BBA in Marketing and an MA in Art Gallery and Museum Studies, she has previously worked in Visitor Services, Collections Management, Marketing, and Development within the museum sector. | www.ashleywinder.com

Paige Worrall

Paige Worrall is a BA history graduate and has recently completed her MA in Museum Studies which specialises in making use of co-productive practice within institutions. She currently works as a library assistant and freelance exhibition technician. Her passion for history of art has led her to set up her own blog, The Museum Inspector, where writing on her various interests can be found. She also has an Instagram dedicated to promoting some of her favourite cultural institutions. When she isn’t visiting museums, Paige can probably be found in a bookshop or curling up with a novel or two!

Diego Ballestero

Diego Ballestero is an Argentinean Anthropologist and Doctor on Natural Sciences by the National University of La Plata (Argentina) His Ph.D. analyzed the conditions which enabled anthropological practices in Argentina towards the end of the 19th and the beginning of the 20th century. Since 2010 he lives in Berlin and research on decolonial theory, provenance research, history of Anthropology/Museums and the construction and representation of ethnic identity in museal context. Since 2017 he is lecturer and researcher at the Department Anthropology of the Americas (University of Bonn, Germany)

Natalie McGowan

Natalie McGowan has an MSc in Visual, Material, and Museum Anthropology from the University of Oxford and a Bachelor's in Ancient History from the University of Birmingham. Natalie has been involved in local heritage in the West Midlands since 2013 and LGBTQ advocacy since 2015, and has a special interest in the use of museums as spaces of social healing and tolerance. They are currently working with Mainly Museums as a Contributing Editor, volunteering for the Museum of Transology as a website volunteer, and Bury St. Edmunds Guildhall as a social media volunteer.