About York Museums Trust

York Museums Trust is an independent charitable trust which manages York Castle Museum, Yorkshire Museum and Gardens, York Art Gallery and York St Mary's. The buildings and their contents are owned by the City of York Council, which has agreed to long-term funding of the Trust. Our Chair is Robin Guthrie and our Chief Executive is Janet Barnes.

The Trustees

Robin Guthrie (Chair)
Terry Suthers (Deputy Chair)
Dr Peter Addyman
Cllr Chris Hogg
Denise Jagger
Nichola Johnson
Viola Jones
Prof Sir John Lawton
Cllr Janet Looker
Alan Owen
Bob Scrase
Prof Dianne Willcocks

Directors

Janet Barnes - Chief Executive
Michael Woodward - Director of Finance and Business Development
Mary Kershaw - Director of Collections
Martin Watts - Director of Lifelong Learning