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Gwenyth Anne Yarker FSA BEM FRHistS is a British curator. She is the Honorary Curator of Fine Art at the Dorset County Museum.[1]

Gwenyth Yarker

FSA BEM
Academic background
Academic work
Discipline
  • Fine Art
Institutions
  • Dorset County Museum

Career


Yarker began her curatorial career following undergraduate study at the Open University and postgraduate research at the Courtauld Institute of Art.[2]

Yarker became honorary curator of Fine Art at the Dorset County Museum in the 1990s. In 2011 she curated a major exhibition of British portraits titled "Georgian Faces: Portrait of a County".[3] She is also a trustee of the Dorset Natural History and Archaeological Society, who are closely associated with the museum.[1]

Yarker is a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society.[4] She was elected as a Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries of London on 11 November 2005.[5]

In the 2013 New Year Honours list she was awarded the British Empire Medal for services to museums. This was presented to her in May 2013 by Valerie Pitt-Rivers, the Lord Lieutenant of Dorset.[1]


Select publications



References


  1. "Museum Volunteer awarded British Empire Medal". Dorset County Museum. 21 May 2013. Retrieved 14 May 2020.
  2. "Arts head: Gwen Yarker, honorary curator, Dorset County Museum". The Guardian. 8 January 2013.
  3. "Georgian Faces: Portrait of a County, Dorset County Museum 2011". British Portraits. Retrieved 14 May 2020.
  4. "Fellows – X-Z" (PDF). Royal Historical Society. Retrieved 14 May 2020.
  5. "Gwenyth Yarker". Society of Antiquaries of London. Retrieved 14 May 2020.





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