Kate Clark

Kate Clark is Visiting Professor, Heritage Valuation at the University of Suffolk. She is an industrial archaeologist who has worked in senior leadership roles in museums and heritage in the UK and Australia. She was CEO of Cadw, Director of Sydney Living Museums and Deputy Director of Policy & Research at the NHLF as well as working with English Heritage. She pioneered thinking about significance and public value in heritage in the 2000s and has published extensively on heritage values and sustainability. Her latest book ‘Playing with the Past’ contains c.80 activities and games to help students and practitioners develop skills in working with communities and understanding what they value.
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