Harry Persaud
Curator Library Collections
Department: Africa, Oceania and the Americas
Library Collections which includes the Pictorial Collection of 75000 plus images (photographs, drawings, paintings and prints)
Thirty eight years with the museum, thirty six of which spent working with our Library Collections. Expertise in caring for library collections. Actively involved in getting the Pictorial Collection catalogued and put on to the web. Advise colleagues worldwide on pictorial matters.
Contact
hpersaud@thebritishmuseum.ac.uk
+44 (0)20 7323 8053
Current projects
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Leading a small team for two years to catalogue the Oceania section of the Pictorial Collection. Funded by the Getty Foundation
Previous projects
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Organized the moving of the AOA library from the former Museum of Mankind to its present location in the British Museum