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Mark O'Neill

Head of Art and Museums, Glasgow City Council

Mark O'Neill was appointed Head of Arts and Museums for Glasgow City Council in 2005, having previously been Head of Glasgow Museums since 1998. He began his museum career in Glasgow in 1986, working for a local trust to establish a museum in Springburn, a multiply deprived area in North Glasgow. In 1990 he was appointed Keeper of Social History in Glasgow City Council's museum service. He worked with the Education Department to set up the Open Museum, Glasgow's innovative and award-winning outreach service. He originated the concept for and established the St Mungo Museum of Religious Life and Art, one of only four museums of religion in the world. His main project for the past ten years has been the Heritage Lottery funded £30 million redisplay of Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum, the most visited museum in Britain outside London. Kelvingrove reopened on 11 July 2006 and received over three million visits within the first year of opening. He has published and lectured extensively on museum philosophy and practice.

Mark O'Neill joined the National Museum Directors' Conference in December 2007.