Clare Mitchell

Director and Collections Care and Management Consultant

Clare is a collections management specialist with strong experience gained from over 20 years of working within the heritage sector. 

Following a degree in Art and Design History and an MA in Museum Studies, Clare started her career as Registrar at Southampton City Art Gallery where she also became the Exhibitions and Marketing Manager. After 8 years, she moved to become Registrar of Collections and Assistant Curator at the Palace of Westminster where she stayed for a further 8 years.

After 2 years as Collections Manager at Hampshire Cultural Trust, Clare knew she had the skills, knowledge and passion to help others with the practicalities and pressures of looking after a collection.

Clare has been able to draw upon her deep insight into the role of museums and galleries, the way they share and give access to their collections and how best to preserve and enhance objects for the future, to benefit her many clients and projects.

She is also experienced in collections care and management training, carrying out fine art courier duties both nationally and internationally and undertaking heritage supervision and project management work. All of which require Clare to have collection specific knowledge, an extremely keen eye and attention for detail, and a passion and responsibility for her surroundings during filming, hospitality events and invasive maintenance work involving scaffold builds and strikes.

Clare can even turn her hand to mounting and framing and provides a bespoke and personal service, presenting and enhancing 2D and 3D objects for both individuals and public institutions. Her many years of working within the heritage sector also gives her the knowledge and desire to mount and frame to conservation and museum standards, preserving the encapsulated object for many years of enjoyment and display. 

Selected Clients:

Alphonse Mucha Foundation, Collections Manager

Army Museum Ogilby Trust, Army Museums Scoping Project Manager

Art UK, Sculpture Care Trainer

Isle of Wight Bus and Coach Museum, Preventative Conservation Care Audit

Palace of Westminster, Lead Heritage Supervisor

Palace of Westminster, Collections Move Consultant

Palace of Westminster, Heritage Coordinator

Powys Castle, Sculpture Condition Survey and Report

Press Association, Collection Audit, Condition Assessment and De-Framing Project

Royal Collection Trust, Collections and Storage Review

Slough Museum, Collections Development Manager

Southampton City Art Gallery, Curator of Art

St Cross College, Collections Care, Condition and Management Review

Stanley Spencer Gallery, Collections and Exhibitions Registrar

Stansted Park, Collections and Archive Condition Survey and Report

Valance House, 'Meet the Fanshaw's' Conservation Report

Willesden Jewish Cemetery, Burial Registers Condition Survey and Report

More than 10 years framing experience working with both private and institutional clients, including the Palace of Westminster, Dorset County Museum, Sydney Nolan Trust, Russell Cotes Museum and Art Gallery and many artists all wanting their artworks framed to high, conservation and museum standards.