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Jack Lohman
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Jack Lohman (born 23 May 1958) CBE, born Jacek Lohman, is an internationally recognised leader in the development of museums and cultural policy. He has worked with governments in Africa, Europe, the Middle East and North America on issues of cultural diplomacy, repatriation and human remain in museums. He has received numerous awards including the Bene Merito from the Government of Poland and CBE from HM the Queen.
Jack Lohman was the chief executive of the Royal British Columbia Museum Canada until he resigned in February 2021 during an investigation into the museum repatriation and reconciliation efforts. He was President of the Canadian Museum Association, is a member of the Board of the Adam Mickiewicz Institute and the City of Warsaw Museum. He is also a board member of the British Columbia Achievement Foundation
Jack Lohman was born and grew up in London, to which his parents had immigrated from Poland. He attended the University of East Anglia in Norwich, from which he graduated in 1979 with an honours degree in art history. He was awarded scholarships to study architecture at the University of Warsaw and the Freie Universität Berlin in 1981, receiving from the latter a master's degree in architecture. In 2008, he received an honorary doctorate from the University of Westminster, followed by one in 2009 from the Polish University Abroad in London and in 2012 from his alma mater, the University of East Anglia.
In 1999, Lohman was selected to be the chief executive of Iziko Museums of Cape Town, South Africa, an organization consisting of fifteen national museums including the Iziko Museums and the South African National Gallery.
Lohman returned in London in 2002 to become director of Museum of London, where in 2004 he opened the Museum of London Docklands and from 2002 to 2008 also chairman of the International Council of Museums UK. From 2008 to 2013, Lohman was chairman of the National Museum in Warsaw. He has also served on the board of the Second World War Museum in Gdańsk, Poland and is a former member of the UK National Commission's to UNESCO’s Culture Committee.
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