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- Sharon Granville, Executive Director for the Museum of Liverpool
- Amy de Joia, Executive Director of Development and Communications
- Carol Rogers, Executive Director for Visitor Management
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- Richard Benjamin, Head of the International Slavery Museum
- Janet Dugdale, Director of Urban History
- James Hernandez, Acting Director of Development
- Tim Hughes, Head of Information Systems
- Steve Judd, Deputy Director of World Museum Liverpool
- Paul Khan, Director of Art Galleries
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- Sandra Penketh, Head of the Lady Lever Art Gallery
- Philippe Peyredieu du Charlat, Director of Projects
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- Tony Tibbles
- Ian Williams, Director of Estate Management
- Clare Wolfarth, Human Resources and Organisational Developmental Manager
- Sally Ann Yates, Director of Collections Management

Tony Tibbles

Director of Merseyside Maritime Museum

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Tony studied history at Birmingham University and during his career has had responsibility for historic houses and museum collections in the West Midlands and Liverpool. He was curator of maritime history at Merseyside Maritime Museum before becoming director in 2003.

He was the project leader for the former Transatlantic Slavery Gallery at the Maritime Museum, which opened in 1994 to great acclaim. He has also played a key role in the development of the new International Slavery Museum, the first phase of which opened on 23 August 2007.

Tony's other roles include

Honorary Treasurer of the International Congress of Maritime Museums
Council member of the Historic Society of Lancashire & Cheshire
Fellow of the Royal Historic Society

Conference papers

'Museums and the representation of slavery: politics, memorialisation and cultural tourism', paper given at the interim meeting of the International Congress of Maritime Museums, Curacao, October 2001
'Ports of the Transatlantic Slave Trade' paper given at the TextPorts Conference, Liverpool Hope University College, April 2000
'Interpreting Transatlantic Slavery: the role of museums'
'Against human dignity: The development of the Transatlantic Slavery Gallery at Merseyside Maritime Museum'