Yvonne Hardman

Yvonne Hardman joined the project Advisory Board in April 2015, following Camilla Nichol who left Leeds Museums and Galleries to take up a new role in Cambridge.

Yvonne is Head of Collections and Programmes for Leeds Museums and Galleries, one of the largest local authority museum services in the UK with nine sites, 1.3 million items in the collection and attracting over 1.4m visitors a year. She manages a team which encompasses curators, registrars, conservators, community engagement and digital media. Until March 2015 she was the Art Gallery Officer at Touchstones Rochdale for ten years and prior to this held posts at the Atkinson Art Gallery, Southport and the Grundy Art Gallery, Blackpool. From 2003-2009 she was on the board of directors at Manchester Craft & Design Centre and has been an Artistic and Quality Assessor for Arts Council England since 2009.