Jewish Museum London has appointed Sally Angel its new Chief Executive

Before moving into the independent TV production sector, Sally worked at the BBC as an Arts producer and also played a major role in the launch of the BBC’s commercial and digital channels.

Her appointment sees a renewed commitment to bringing Jewish Museum London Jewish Museum London into a digital age by connecting to audiences through storytelling, which is crucial to the future of all museums.  This digital focus will sit alongside the Museum’s commitment to illuminate and celebrate the story of Jews in Britain, in a new physical space, with regularly changing state-of-the-art exhibitions, up-to-date permanent displays, and open stores for audiences to enable wider engagement with the Museum’s collections. The Museum will offer a seamless physical and digital experience; and in future years, a more prominent location to welcome both Jewish and non-Jewish audiences in greater numbers. This summer the Museum will launch an online platform to showcase 10,000 objects from the Museum’s Designated Collections.

Sally is replacing Sue Shave, Acting Director, who has overseen the Museum’s transition from a fixed site in Camden, to a Museum without Walls. In the past year, the Museum’s reach has increased from nearly 28,000 visitors per year to approximately 155,000 across several regions in the UK. The Museum currently has items on display at Tate, The National Holocaust Centre and Museum, JW3, The Hackney Museum, Manchester Jewish Museum as well as pop-up exhibitions at Swiss Cottage Library. The Museum has adapted its award-winning learning programmes, engaging with 22,000 students across Greater London and other UK regions.