Jo Quinton Tulloch, direrctor of the National Science and Media Museum, has been interviewed by Museums Journal. In it she talks about her own career path - she moved to Bradford on a two-year secondment in 2012 - the impact of Bradford's 2025 Year of Culture and the evolution of the museum during her tenure. Of particular interest she says:
Plans to redevelop its Kodak Gallery are already afoot, as many of its photography collections have been moved to the Sound and Vision galleries.
“Our previous model was photography on display in one gallery, television in another and film and animation in another,” says Quinton Tulloch. “With Sound and Vision, we’ve brought them all together to draw more and better connections between the disciplines over two floors.
“Photography and television have fundamentally changed because of new technology, but you can’t even begin to try to tackle current developments in a permanent gallery. For me, this museum would now benefit from a space that explores the impact of digital technologies. How do you do that? I don’t know yet.”
The interview is free to read: https://www.museumsassociation.org/museums-journal/people/2026/02/profile-technology-can-isolate-people-a-museum-is-the-antidote-to-that/
Image: Jo Quinton Tulloch at the re-opening of the NSMM in January 2025. © Michael Pritchard
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