Harry Persaud

Curator Library Collections

Library Collections which includes the Pictorial Collection of 75000 plus images (photographs, drawings, paintings and prints)

Department: Africa, Oceania and the Americas

Telephone: +44 (0)207 323 8053
Email: hpersaud @ thebritishmuseum.ac.uk

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.

Current British Museum projects

Leading a small team for two years to catalogue the Oceania section of the Pictorial Collection. Funded by the Getty Foundation.

Previous British Museum projects

Organized the moving of the AOA library from the former Museum of Mankind to its present location in the British Museum

External fellowships/ honorary positions/ membership of professional bodies

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Publications

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