Professor Suzanne MacLeod
Co-director Research Centre for Museums and Galleries (RCMG)
School/Department: Museum Studies, School of
Telephone: +44 (0)116 252 3759
Email: sm100@leicester.ac.uk
Profile
Research
I have published widely on museum making including Museums and Design for Creative Lives (Routledge 2020), Museum Architecture: A New Biography (Routledge 2013) and am actively involved in collaborative research including a series of international conferences design workshops and publications.
In RCMG I undertake collaborative research with organisations such as the National Trust, Museum of London, Birmingham Museums Trust and National Museums Liverpool.
Publications
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MacLeod, S., Hale, J., Austin, T. and Ho, O. (eds.) The Future of Museum and Gallery Design (London: Routledge, 2017).
MacLeod S., ‘An Ethical Future for Museum and Gallery Design: design as a force for good in a diverse cultural sector’, in MacLeod, S., Hale, J., Austin, T. and Ho, O. (eds.) The Future of Museum and Gallery Design (London: Routledge, 2017).
MacLeod, S. ‘Image and Life: museum architecture, social sustainability and design for creative lives’ in S. Greub (ed.) New Museums: Intentions, Expectations, Challenges (Munich: Hirmer Verlag, 2017).
Jones, P. and MacLeod, S. ‘Museum Architecture Matters’, Museum & Society, 14 (1), 2016, 207-219.
MacLeod, S., Dodd, J., and Duncan, T., ‘New museum design cultures: harnessing the potential of design and ‘design thinking’ in museums’, Museum Management and Curatorship, 2015.
MacLeod, S., Sandell, R., Dodd, J., Duncan, T., Jones, C. and Gaffikin, A., Prisoners, Punishment and Torture: Developing new approaches to interpretation at the Tower of London, RCMG/HRP, 2014.
MacLeod, S., Dodd, J. and Duncan, T., Developing IWM North, RCMG/IWM, 2014.
MacLeod, S. and Dodd, J., Establishing a Vision: New Walk Museum and the Story of Leicester, RCMG/LAMS, 2013.
MacLeod, S. Museum Architecture: A New Biography, London and New York: Routledge, 2013.
MacLeod, S., Hanks, L., and Hale, J. (eds.), Museum Making: Narratives, Architectures, Exhibitions, London and New York: Routledge, 2012.
.Supervision
Teaching
Postgraduate Diploma/MA/MSc Museum Studies
Postgraduate Diploma/MA Art Museum and Gallery Studies
Postgraduate Diploma/MA/MSc Museum Studies by distance learning
Postgraduate Diploma/MA/MSc Socially Engaged practice in Museums and Galleries by distance learning
Postgraduate Diploma/MA/MSc Heritage and Interpretation by distance learning
Phd Museum Studies/PhD Museum Practice