Martin Roth (museum director)
Martin Roth | |
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_Prof._Dr._Martin_Roth_(Victoria_and_Albert_Museum,_London).jpg) Martin Roth in June 2014 at the opening of the Kunstfestspiele Herrenhausen in Hanover | |
| Born | 16 January 1955 Stuttgart, Germany |
| Alma mater | University of Tübingen |
| Occupation | Museum director |
Martin Roth (German pronunciation: [ˈmaʁtiːn ˈʁoːt];[1][2] born 16 January 1955, Stuttgart) is a German museum director. Since 2011, he has been Director of the Victoria and Albert Museum in London.
Early life
Martin Roth was born on 16 January 1955 in Stuttgart, Germany.[3] He received his PhD from the University of Tübingen in 1987: his doctoral dissertation concerned "the political and historical context of museums and exhibitions in Germany between 1871 and 1945", which included the Weimar and Nazi years.[4]
Career
Roth became a researcher at the Maison des Sciences de l’Homme, E.H.E.S.S. in Paris in 1987.[5] Subsequently, in 1992, he became a visiting scholar at the Getty Research Institute, Los Angeles.[5] He was the Curator at the Deutsches Historisches Museum from 1989 to 2001, and the Director of the German Hygiene Museum in Dresden, the first German science museum, from 1991 to 2000.[5] He was President of the German Museums Association from 1995 to 2003, and a member of the German Ministry of Foreign Affairs’ Advisory Board in Berlin until his relocation to London in 2011.[5] From 1996 to 2001, Roth was a member of the senior management of the Expo 2000 in Hanover and Director of Thematic Exhibitions.[5]
Roth was Director General of the Dresden State Art Collections, overseeing 12 museums and galleries.[6] He became Director of the Victoria and Albert Museum in September 2011.[5][7]
Roth is a Trustee of the British Council and a member of both the Council of the Royal College of Art and the Court of Imperial College London.[5] In 2007, Roth was appointed to the French Ordre des Arts et des Lettres in the rank of Chevalier, and in 2010 to the Danish Order of Dannebrog.[8]
Roth announced his intention to stand down as director of the V&A on 6 September 2016. Whilst Roth had planned on leaving the museum by 2017, he brought forward his departure following "despair" at Brexit, which he described as a "personal defeat".[9]
References
- ^ Krech, Eva-Maria; Stock, Eberhard; Hirschfeld, Ursula; Anders, Lutz Christian (2009). Deutsches Aussprachewörterbuch (in German). Berlin: Walter de Gruyter. pp. 728 and 882. ISBN 978-3-11-018202-6.
- ^ Mangold, Max (2005). Das Aussprachewörterbuch (in German) (6th ed.). Mannheim: Dudenverlag. pp. 537 and 686. ISBN 9783411040667.
- ^ "ROTH, Martin". Who's Who 2015. A & C Black. October 2014. Retrieved 16 January 2015.
- ^ Barbara Krüger, press officer (21 March 2014). "Presseinformation ... Professor Dr. Martin Roth" (PDF). KunstFestSpiele, Hannnover. Retrieved 16 September 2016.
- ^ a b c d e f g "Martin Roth, Director of the V&A". Victoria and Albert Museum. Retrieved 20 March 2014.
- ^ Noone, Brian (March 2016). "In Conversation: Martin Roth". Centurion. Retrieved 18 April 2016.
- ^ "V&A museum appoints German academic as its new director". BBC News. 21 April 2011. Retrieved 20 March 2014.
- ^ Gabbatt, Adam (21 April 2011). "V&A appoints Martin Roth as director". The Guardian. Retrieved 20 March 2014.
- ^ https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2016/sep/05/german-v-and-a-director-martin-roth-quits-brexit-vote
