Professor Michael Terwey

Michael Terwey is Director of Public Engagement and Research for the National Trust for Scotland. Michael has overall strategic responsibility for research in the Trust and is currently co-supervising one other CDA student who is working on a SGSSS-funded project on Media Tourism. In his previous role as Head of Collections and Exhibitions for the National Science and Media Museum, part of the Science Museum Group, Michael co-supervised four CDA student projects on the history of science communication, magic lantern performance and production, popular press photography in the mid-20th century, and photographic representations of the first world war. His research interests include interpretation and heritage practice, and he was a C-I on the £1m AHRC-funded Bradford’s National Museum project. Michael is an industry partner in the SGSAH Knowledge Exchange Heritage Hub, a member of the Steering Committee for AHRC Early Career Fellowships in Cultural and Heritage Institutions, and an Honorary Professor at the University of Stirling.