Art and Design department
James Robinson: Keeper, Art and
Design
Specific responsibility: Overall responsibility
for the departmental collections and general policy.
Dr Godfrey Evans: Principal Curator, European Decorative Arts
and Applied Art and Design
Specific responsibility: Overall responsibility
for the collections of European arms and armour, ceramics, glass,
furniture, metalwork and sculpture.
Research interests: English and
Continental silver; the collections of the Dukes of Hamilton;
Continental sculpture; Scottish fireclay sculpture; Italy, France
and Russia.
Stephen Jackson: Senior Curator, Applied Art and Design
Specific responsibility: Furniture, woodwork,
treen, musical instruments, wallpaper, interiors, contemporary
design.
Research interests: Scottish furniture;
early-modern economic, social and cultural history.
Rose Watban: Senior Curator, Applied Art and Design
Specific responsibility: European ceramics,
glass and jewellery and contemporary craft.
Research interests: Contemporary crafts and 19th
century ceramics.
Fiona Anderson: Senior Curator, Dress and Textiles
Specific responsibility: European and Scottish
textiles and dress collection from 1500 to the present.
Research interests: Fashion from 1650 to the
present; men's and women's tailoring; Scottish textiles
particularly tweed and tartan.
Kate MacKay: Assistant Curator, Art and Design
Research interests: Scottish modern history
Alison Patterson: Assistant Curator
Research interests: British and European
ceramics and glass.
Agot Bugge: Department Administrator
Can be contacted on 0131 247 4049 or a.bugge@nms.ac.uk