Gail Boyle

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Gail Boyle
Occupation(s)Museum Curator
Archaeologist
Academic work
Institutions
  • Bristol City Museum and Art Gallery
  • University of Bristol

Gail Boyle FMA [1] FSA is a British curator.

Career

Boyle is the former Senior Curator of Archaeology and World Cultures at Bristol Museums, Galleries & Archives, former Chair of the Society for Museum Archaeology, and a former Honorary Research Fellow at the University of Bristol. [2] She was elected as a fellow of the Society of Antiquaries of London on 2 February 2015. [3] She is also a fellow of the Museums Association. [4]

Contents

Gail Boyle co-authored and published three national surveys of ‘Museums Collecting Archaeology’ (2016-2018) and national ‘Guidance on the Rationalisation of Archaeological Collections’ (2018). Gail designed and delivered the Society for Museum Archaeology Resources and Training Programme and was both a contributor to, and editor of, new ‘Standards and Guidance in the Care of Archaeological Collections’ (2020) and ‘Communicating Archaeology: Case studies in the use of, and engagement with, archaeological collections.’ (2021).  

Boyle was first appointed to the Treasure Valuation Committee in 2018 [5] and then re-appointed in 2023. [6]

Gail Boyle is also Chair of the Board of Trustees for the Bristol & Gloucestershire Archaeological Society and sits on a wide variety of archaeological and heritage-related advisory groups including the Portable Antiquities Scheme Advisory Group and Historic England's Future of Archaeological Archives Programme. [7]

Boyle became Chair of the Board of Trustees for the Council for British Archaeology in February 2024.

Publications

References

  1. https://www.museumsassociation.org/careers/fellowship
  2. "Mrs Gail Boyle". University of Bristol. Retrieved 30 September 2020.
  3. "Mrs Gail Boyle". Society of Antiquaries of London. Retrieved 30 September 2020.
  4. "Gail Boyle FMA". Museums Association. Retrieved 30 September 2020.
  5. "Treasure Valuation Committee appointment Gail Boyle". GOV.UK. Retrieved 2023-04-10.
  6. "Gail Boyle reappointed to the Treasure Valuation Committee". GOV.UK. Retrieved 2023-04-10.
  7. Future of Archaeological Archives Programme.