Penelope Foreman
- Regional engagement manager
- The British Museum
- United Kingdom
- GMT - Greenwich Mean Time - GMT
Research areas and topics
Research Focus:
Neolithic monuments, eqaulity of access, community heritage
- Employment Sector: Museum
- Continents: Europe
- Regions: Northern Europe, Western Europe
- Materials: cultural heritage, lithics
- Analytical Skills: Archival research, community outreach, cultural heritage management
- Research Topics: colonialism, gender, inequality, landscapes
- Nations: Denmark, Netherlands, Sweden, United Kingdom
Interest in Synthesis
Industrial heritage and archaeology, particularly railways, mining, and brickworks.
Neolithic sites and their re-use.
Community ownership of museums and heritage sites.
Community heritage as grassroots and community-led practice.
Education in archaeology and heritage in formal and informal settings that delivers both research and wellbeing outcomes / outputs.
Collaboration Interests
I am interested in collaborating on interdisciplinary projects with a strong socially active ethos. Projects that involve co-curation and co-creation are highly interesting to me, especially if they involve addressing key social issues such as structural inequalities, poverty, climate crisis.