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: Successful museum directors demonstrate passion for both the subject matter and public goals of their institutions. For galleries, this means recognized expertise in visual arts and demonstrated administrative experience in Canadian cultural-sector management.
Boards should reflect the interests of a museum’s many stakeholders: government, staff, the arts community, donors, visitors and potential visitors. At the national level, this means first and foremost familiarity with the values of the many communities of interest that comprise our diverse nation. Together, on our behalf, museum boards – and administrators reporting to them – hold in trust the country’s cultural heritage.
Two related actions could help: Align salary ranges with the public service to attract and retain talent. Although it would affect budgets, such a move would bring stability to the National Gallery’s management while reducing the need for consultants. Furthermore, an update to the 1990 Museums Act to bring national museum staff into the public service would promote career mobility for all employees.
Such amendments would also bring more rigour and transparency to hiring, without impinging on institutional independence with respect to core mandates.
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