As Director of Dorset Museum since 2009, Jon is leading on its multi-million pound redevelopment. Complete with new galleries, a learning centre, collections storage, a library and visitor facilities, the new museum will become a cultural destination at the heart of Dorset’s community.
Previously Jon was Curator of Liverpool History at National Museums Liverpool. He worked on the exhibition programmes linked to Liverpool’s 800 year celebrations in 2007, and also on the city’s year as European Capital of Culture in 2008. He was one of the four gallery co-ordinators of the new £74 million Museum of Liverpool – the first national museum in England for over a century.
In 2018, Jon became a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts.