DAN
NOUVEAU
Presenter | Producer | Educator
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"A leading figure in the world
of alternative museum tours"
The New York Times
Dan Vo has been described by the Mayor of London Sadiq Khan as one of "our most inspiring LGBTQ+ Londoners". His current roles include:
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Global Academic Director, Pre-College at Edconic: Vogue Summer School, The School of The New York Times and Sotheby's Institute of Art.
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Trustee of Queer Britain the first LGBTQ+ museum in the UK.
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Steering Group member of the Queer Heritage and Collections Network.
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Dan founded the award-winning volunteer-led V&A LGBTQ+ Tours and was Course Leader of 'A Queer History of Objects' at V&A Academy. He has also developed LGBTQ+ programmes for other UK museums, including the National Gallery, National Galleries of Scotland, National Museum Wales and the Fitzwilliam Museum. Dan was the inaugural winner of the Museums Association 'Radical Changemaker Award' in 2018 and shared the 'Best Small Museum Project' award with the Queer Britain team in 2022. He has been a presenter for BBC Arts.
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Dan holds a Master of Studies in History of Art (Cambridge University), a Graduate Certificate in History of Art with Distinction (Birkbeck, University of London), and a Bachelor of Commerce (University of Melbourne).
Other current roles:
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Patron of LGBT+ History Month
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Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts
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Charleston Trust D&I group
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Museum of the Home community author
Previous roles:​
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Programme Director at Sotheby's Institute of Art
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Trustee of Culture24
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Trustee of London International Festival of Theatre
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Director of AudioUK
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Museums Association representative
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Historic England expert advisory group
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Imperial War Museum WW2 & Holocaust Steering Group
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Pitt Rivers Beyond The Binary exhibition Steering Group
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Director of Community Broadcasting Association Australia
REVIEWS & Testimonials
As well as Art Critique, Art Fund, Art UK, Cambridge News, Evening Standard, Heritage Fund, Museums Journal, Time Out, V&A Magazine
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One of "our most inspiring
LGBTQ+ Londoners"
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Sadiq Khan, Mayor of London
Clients
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Awards
• Queer Britain: Museums Change Lives: Best Small Museum Project Award Museums Association (2022)
• Queer Heritage and Collections Network: Best Partnership Museums + Heritage Awards (2021)
• Dan Vo: Museums Change Lives: Radical Changemaker Award Museums Association (2018)
• V&A LGBTQ+ Tours: London Award for Museum Learning Marsh Christian Trust (2017) , Ambassadors of the Year Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea (2016), Bringing Innovation Award London Volunteers in Museums Awards (2016)​.
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​Lectures, Talks and Programs
Amgueddfa Cymru • National Museum Wales Association of Leading Visitor Attractions • BBC Academy • BBC Arts • British Art Network • British Library • British Museum • Central Saint Martins • Charleston Trust • Commercial Crown Service • Courtauld Institute of Art • Fitzwilliam Museum • Goldsmiths University of London • Gothenburg University • Gunnersbury Park Museum • Higgins Bedford • Hull Museums • ICOM UK • Imperial War Museum • London Metropolitan Archives • Manchester Art Gallery • Masterpiece Fair • Mayor of London • National Gallery • National Galleries of Scotland • National Maritime Museum • Pitt Rivers Museum • Reading Museum • Royal Cornwall Museum • Royal Holloway University of London • Shakespeare Birthplace Trust • SOAS University • Solent University • Strawberry Hill House • Tate Britain • Tyne and Wear Museums • V&A Museum • University of Cambridge Museums (Fitzwilliam Museum, Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, Museum of Classical Archaeology, Polar Museum, Zoology Museum) • University of York
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Articles and Publications
British Museum • Museum Blog Book • Museum Crush • Museums Journal • LGBTQ+ Good Practice Guide Arts Council England • ​The Compassionate Way: Towards Trans and Non-Binary Inclusive Narratives in Museums Suomen Queer-tutkimuksen Seuran Journal (2020)
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Quoted in ​
• Museums in the Age of Intolerance Sharon Heal in Museum Activism edited by Robert R Janes and Richard Sandell (2019)
• Power and Privilege in the 21st Century Museum Sally Colvin in Power and Privilege​ (2019)
• Queer Inclusive Museum Margaret Middleton in Exhibition Fall (2017​), Side-By-Side Memorials Christopher R Linke in New Perceptions of the Vietnam War edited by Nathalie HC Nguyen (2014)