The Dreamland Trust has announced the appointment of a project director.
Jonathan Bryant will be responsible for implementing the world’s first amusement park of historic rides at the Margate site following the award of grant-funding from the Heritage Lottery and the Government’s Sea Change programme.
Jonathan Bryant, who is originally from east London, established the UK’s first brewing museum and opened a working coalmine to the public in Staffordshire.
In Scotland he led the City of Dundee’s renaissance Discovery project as chief executive and on the River Thames set up Henley’s River and Rowing Museum, which won the Museum of the Year Award.
More recently, he was involved with Birmingham’s Thinktank Science Centre and for the last five years has been member of the British Waterways senior management team.
He is also an active volunteer in the cultural and heritage sector, chairman of the Association of Independent Museums, trustee and chairman of Dundee’s contemporary art gallery, trustee of Jaguar Daimler Heritage Trust and chairman of Watermen’s Hall Preservation Trust in London.
POSTED: 10/12/2009 07:00:00
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