The Hockey Museum (THM) is delighted to announce that Karen Clarke will be joining us early in the new year to become our Collections Management Officer. Karen has a superb pedigree in the field of museum accreditation and collections management. She comes to us from the Hampshire Cultural Trust where she has been Museum Registrar for the past year. Before that she spent 14 years as Museum Registrar in the Hampshire Arts and Museums Service.

In those roles she has project managed the delivery of Accreditation and advised independent museums on their accreditation documentation and has managed a substantial MODES (the museum cataloguing software) database of over 230,000 records and 80,000 images, maintaining standards and implementing terminology control. Karen also has a depth of experience in training and managing volunteers and in developing and implementing collections management policies and plans.

The position of Collections Management Officer is THM’s first professional appointment and this very positive move has been possible through the support given to us by the International Hockey Federation. THM is looking to achieve Museum Accreditation during 2016 and Karen is just the person we need to take us through this process and on to the next stage of our development as a fully functioning and innovative museum.

We know you will all give her all your support and we look forward to a very progressive and bright year ahead under her guidance.

Katie Dodd, Chair of THM Trustees