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Robert Neil MacGregor (born 16 June 1946) is a British art historian and former museum director. He was editor of the Burlington Magazine from 1981 to 1987, then Director of the National Gallery, London, from 1987 to 2002, Director of the British Museum from 2003 to 2015, [1] and founding director of the Humboldt Forum in Berlin until 2018.
A book to accompany the series, A History of the World in 100 Objects by Neil MacGregor, was published by Allen Lane on 28 October 2010. [2] The entire series is also available for download along with an audio version of the book for purchase. The British Museum won the 2011 Art Fund Prize for its role in hosting the project.
The project is led by a three-member management committee, chaired by founding director Neil MacGregor and also including the co-directors, archaeologist Hermann Parzinger and art historian Horst Bredekamp. The Foundation for the Humboldt Forum in the Berlin Palace has been set up to create the museum. [13]
Blackbourn wrote that MacGregor's choice of objects "serve to illustrate the historic fragmentation of the German lands". Blackbourn concluded that MacGregor "has written a remarkable set of reflections on the objects and places of German memory". [2] Writing for The Independent Rebecca K Morrison praised Germany: Memories of a Nation. Morrison ...
The "Lion-Man" artefact. Living with the Gods is a 30-part BBC Radio 4 series presented by Neil MacGregor, a former director of the British Museum. [1] It explores human societies and what MacGregor describes as "the connections between structures of belief, and the structures of society". [2]
The mosaic was chosen as Object 44 in the BBC Radio 4 programme A History of the World in 100 Objects, presented by British Museum director Neil MacGregor. The mosaic has two wings in its north-east angle set at about a right angle. The room is 8.5 m (28 ft) by 6 m (20 ft), connected to the east-west long axis. [3]
Neil McGregor is an Australian entrepreneur and film-maker who founded the creative company Glass Engine and worked extensively in Australia, Canada and The United States of America. Biography [ edit ]
2003–2015: Neil MacGregor; 2016–2023: Hartwig Fischer; 2023–2024: Sir Mark Jones (interim) 2024–present: Nicholas Cullinan; List of deputy directors.