The Holburne Museum of Art has appointed a new director, Jennifer Scott.

Dr Alexander Sturgis, the museum’s director since 2005, has recently been appointed director of the Ashmolean Museum in Oxford. During his period at the Holburne, the museum has been extended and renovated, enjoying significantly higher visitor numbers.

Jennifer Scott has worked for the last ten years as a curator of the Royal Collections. Her expertise is in Renaissance painting, and she recently collaborated with the Holburne on the Rembrant and his contemporaries exhibition. She starts at the Holburne from the Autumn.

Meanwhile, the museum is preparing for its first ‘Up late’ Friday evening. On 30th May, and the last Friday of the month thereafter, the museum and cafe will be open until 9pm.