The National Media Museum is part of a wider group known as NMSI (National Museum of Science and Industry) which also includes the Science Museum and the National Railway Museum. NMSI is independent of government. It is a non-departmental public body run by a Board of Trustees.

NMSI receives most of its operating funding from the Government through the Department of Culture, Media and Sport. A condition of this grant is that entry to the Museum must be free although the Museum does charge for additional activities including its film programme and some other events.

The Museum also raises money through some commercial activities including a shop and café and through sponsorship. New developments at the Museum including new galleries are financed through a combination of capital money from Government, private sponsorship and other public sector sources like the National Lottery.

The National Media Museum is run by a Strategic Leadership Team led by the Director, Colin Philpott. Other members of the team are -

• Kathryn Blacker, Head of Public Programme
• Paul Goodman, Head of Knowledge and Collections
• Charlotte Cotton, Creative Director, London Galleries
• Dean Loughran, Future Strategy Co-ordinator
• Sibh Megson, Marketing & P.R. Manager
• Richard Green, Head of Visitor Experience
• Sarah Mumford, Learning Manager
• Sarah Spurr, Visitor Operations Manager
• Claire Cohen, H.R. Manager North
• Anna Evans, Senior Project Manager M.P.G. North
• John Bull, Head of Estates North
• Rob Shaw, Development Manager

The Strategic Leadership team is guided by a Trustee Advisory Committee chaired by Michael G. Wilson O.B.E. the producer of the Bond films and a photography collector of international standing. The members of the Committee are -

Not photographed are -
Tony Reeves, Chief Executive, City of Bradford Metropolitan District Council
Peter D. G. McCormick OBE, Senior Partner, McCormicks Solicitors, Harrogate
Roger Mosey, BBC Director of London 2012
Simon Norfolk, Photographer
Pierre Brahm, Managing Director, Henry & James, London
Philippe Garner, International Director, Christie’s, London
Matt Locke, Commissioning Editor, Channel 4 Education
Gillian Reynolds MBE, Radio Critic

The wider NMSI Group is run by an executive team led by the Acting Director of NMSI, Andrew Scott C.B.E. The Director of NMEM sits on this executive team.

The Board of Trustees of NMSI has the overall responsibility for the governance of the whole organisation. It is chaired by the former Cabinet Minister, Lord Waldegrave.  Both Michael G. Wilson and Douglas Gurr from the NMEM Trustee Advisory Committee sit on the main Board of Trustees.

For more details of how NMSI is run and its finances, have a look at NMSI’s Annual Report and Accounts click here.