Courses Tutor - Risk Management for Collections
Care
David Saunders received his DPhil in chemistry before joining
the National Gallery, London in 1985. From 2005-2015 he was Keeper
of the Department of Conservation and Scientific Research at the
British Museum, where he is now an honorary research fellow. He is
a visiting professor at the Institute for Sustainable Heritage,
University College London. He was a guest scholar the Getty
Conservation Institute in 2015-2016, researching a book on museum
lighting for conservators and curators. He returned the Getty
Research Institute and the Waddesdon Archive at Waddesdon Manor in
2017 as the inaugural Getty/Rothschild Fellow. In 2018 he is Judith
Praska Visiting Professor at the Conservation Center, Institute of
Fine Arts, New York University.