Dr Laura MacCulloch has been working in art galleries for ten years and is passionate about caring for collections and making them accessible to a wide variety of visitors.
Her specialism is Victorian art and her research has focused on the work of the Pre-Raphaelites, women artists and the influence of Japanese art on Britain.
She previously held the post of curator of British Art at National Museums Liverpool and was attracted to the role at Royal Holloway due to its world class collection of Victorian Art.
Experience
–present
College Curator, Royal Holloway
2009–2012
Curator of British Art, National Musuems Liverpool
2005–2009
Pre-Raphaelite Researcher, Birmingham Museums and Art Gallery
2004–2005
Gallery Assistant, Barber Insitute of Fine Arts, University of Birmingham
Education
2010
University of Birmingham, PhD
2004
University of Birmingham, MPhil B
2001
University of Birmingham, BA Hons History and History of Art
Publications
2013
Pre-Raphaelite Treasures at National Museums Liverpool ,
2013
Performativity in the Gallery: Staging Interactive Encounters,
2012
Fleshing Out Time: Ford Madox Brown and the Dalziels' Bible Gallery, Reading Victorian Illustration, 1855–1875
2008
Forgotten Images: The Illustrations of Ford Madox Brown, Ford Madox Brown: The Unofficial Pre-Raphaelite