The challenge

When trying to recruit a new Maritime Curator after the post fell vacant, it proved impossible to find just the right blend of specialist knowledge and collections care enthusiasm and expertise that the organisation needed.  My experience as an AMA mentor, and a member of the Museums Association Professional Development Committee, persuaded me that a person with this blend of skills was rare if not non-existent.  So it was decided that ss Great Britain Trust would train our own, made-to-measure curator.