Dr Gerard Vaughan speaks on "The Future of the Art Museum" at the April Monthly Luncheon.

Dr Gerard Vaughan recently returned to Melbourne University as the Gerry Higgins Professorial Fellow which was attached to the Australian Institute of Art History. He is currently writing a history of private art collecting in Australia and it will be published by Melbourne University Publishing (MUP) in 2014.

He was director of the National Gallery of Victoria from 1999 to 2012 where he oversaw a major redevelopment program. The program saw the National Gallery of Victoria (NGV) more than double its space.

He was responsible for a broad ranging program of temporary exhibitions and other programs including fundraising for collection development and securing many important old and modern masterpieces for Melbourne.

He was previously director of the British Museum Development Trust in London, which oversaw the expansion and rebuilding of the British Museum after the departure of the British Library from Bloomsbury to its new premises.

Gerard spent thirteen years at Oxford University where his achievements included completing his doctorate, holding a research fellowship in art history, acting as Private Secretary to the Vice Chancellor and becoming Deputy Director of development for The University.

He has had a lifelong commitment to researching, and thinking about, the role of the museum both historically and today.

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