The Director of the Victoria and Albert Museum is the head of the Victoria and Albert Museum

Victoria and Albert Museum

The Victoria and Albert Museum , set in the Brompton district of The Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea, London, England, is the world's largest museum of decorative arts and design, housing a permanent collection of over 4.5 million objects...

 in London

London

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, a post currently held by Mark Jones

Mark Jones (museum director)

Sir Mark Ellis Powell Jones is a British art historian, numismatist and museum director; he is director of the Victoria and Albert Museum...

. He is responsible for that institution's general administration and reports its accounts to the British Government. The actual governance of the Museum, however, is delegated to its Board of Trustees; these are appointed individually by the British Prime Minister

Prime Minister of the United Kingdom

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Director	Post held	Served
Sir Henry Cole Henry Cole Sir Henry Cole was an English civil servant and inventor who facilitated many innovations in commerce and education in 19th century Britain...  (1808-82)	Organised and conducted the two museums from which the Victoria and Albert Museum grew; the Museum of Oriental Art and the South Kensington Museum	1852 – 1873
Sir Philip Cunliffe-Owen Philip Cunliffe-Owen Sir Francis Philip Cunliffe-Owen KCB, KCMG, CIE was an exhibition organizer and the Director of the South Kensington Museum in London.- Biography :... , KCP, KCMG, CIE Order of the Indian Empire The Most Eminent Order of the Indian Empire is an order of chivalry founded by Queen Victoria in 1878. The Order includes members of three classes:#Knight Grand Commander #Knight Commander #Companion...  (1828–94)	Director of the South Kensington Museum	1874 – 1893
John Henry Middleton John Henry Middleton John Henry Middleton was an archaeologist and a museum director.-Early years:Born in York on 5 October 1846, John Henry Middleton was the only surviving child of John Middleton and Maria Margaret, daughter of James Pigott Pritchett and his first wife, Peggy Maria Terry. As a child he travelled to...  (1846–96)	Director of the Art Museum (Division of the Victoria and Albert Museum)	1893 – 1896
Sir Caspar Purdon Clarke Caspar Purdon Clarke Sir Caspar Purdon Clarke CIE was an architect and a museum director.-Early Years:Born on 21 December 1846, he was the second son of Edward Marmaduke Clarke and Mary Agnes Close. Clarke was educated at Gaultier's School in Sydenham, Kent and Beaucourt's School in Boulogne, France...  (1846–1911)	Director of the Art Museum (Division of the Victoria and Albert Museum)	1896 – 1905
Arthur Banks Skinner (1861–1911)	Director of the Art Museum (Division of the Victoria and Albert Museum)	1905 – 1908
Sir Cecil Harcourt Smith Sir Cecil Harcourt Smith Sir Cecil Harcourt Smith KCVO was an archaeologist and a British museum director.-Early years:Born on 11 September 1859 in Staines, Middlesex, he was the second son of William Smith, solicitor, and his wife, Harriet, daughter of Frederic Harcourt, of Ipswich. He went to Winchester College as a... , KCVO Royal Victorian Order The Royal Victorian Order is a dynastic order of knighthood and a house order of chivalry recognising distinguished personal service to the order's Sovereign, the reigning monarch of the Commonwealth realms, any members of her family, or any of her viceroys...  (1859–1944)	Director and Secretary of the Victoria and Albert Museum	1909 – 1924
Sir Eric MacLagan Sir Eric MacLagan Sir Eric Robert Dalrymple Maclagan KCVO, CBE, FSA, was a British museum director.-Early years:Born on 4 December in 1879 in London, he was the only son of William Dalrymple Maclagan, Archbishop of York and his second wife Augusta Anne, daughter of the sixth Lord Barrington. He had a sister and two... , CBE CBE CBE and C.B.E. are abbreviations for "Commander of the Order of the British Empire", a grade in the Order of the British Empire.Other uses include:* Chemical and Biochemical Engineering... , FSA Society of Antiquaries of London The Society of Antiquaries of London is a learned society "charged by its Royal Charter of 1751 with 'the encouragement, advancement and furtherance of the study and knowledge of the antiquities and history of this and other countries'." It is based at Burlington House, Piccadilly, London , and is...  (1879–1951)	Director and Secretary of the Victoria and Albert Museum	1924 – 1945
Sir Leigh Ashton, FSA Society of Antiquaries of London The Society of Antiquaries of London is a learned society "charged by its Royal Charter of 1751 with 'the encouragement, advancement and furtherance of the study and knowledge of the antiquities and history of this and other countries'." It is based at Burlington House, Piccadilly, London , and is...  (1897–1983)	Director and Secretary of the Victoria and Albert Museum	1945 – 1955
Sir Trenchard Cox Trenchard Cox Sir Trenchard Cox CBE, MA, FSA, FMA was a British museum director.-Early years:Born on 31 July 1905 in London to barrister William Pallett Cox and his wife Marion. Cox was eduated at Eton College and then at King's College Cambridge where he took a first class degree in modern languages tripos...  , CBE CBE CBE and C.B.E. are abbreviations for "Commander of the Order of the British Empire", a grade in the Order of the British Empire.Other uses include:* Chemical and Biochemical Engineering... , MA, FSA Society of Antiquaries of London The Society of Antiquaries of London is a learned society "charged by its Royal Charter of 1751 with 'the encouragement, advancement and furtherance of the study and knowledge of the antiquities and history of this and other countries'." It is based at Burlington House, Piccadilly, London , and is... , FMA Museums Association The Museums Association is a professional organisation based in London for museum professionals and museums in the United Kingdom.The association is the oldest museum association in the world and was started in 1889 by a small group of museums to protect the interests of museums and galleries...  (1905–95)	Director and Secretary of the Victoria and Albert Museum	1956 – 1966
Sir John Pope-Hennessy, CBE CBE CBE and C.B.E. are abbreviations for "Commander of the Order of the British Empire", a grade in the Order of the British Empire.Other uses include:* Chemical and Biochemical Engineering... , FBA, FSA Society of Antiquaries of London The Society of Antiquaries of London is a learned society "charged by its Royal Charter of 1751 with 'the encouragement, advancement and furtherance of the study and knowledge of the antiquities and history of this and other countries'." It is based at Burlington House, Piccadilly, London , and is...  (1913–94)	Director and Secretary of the Victoria and Albert Museum	1967 – 1973
Sir Roy Strong Roy Strong Sir Roy Colin Strong FRSL is an English art historian, museum curator, writer, broadcaster and landscape designer. He has been director of both the National Portrait Gallery and the Victoria and Albert Museum in London...  (b.1935)	Director and Secretary of the Victoria and Albert Museum	1973 – 1987
Dame Elizabeth Esteve-Coll Elizabeth Esteve-Coll Dame Elizabeth Esteve-Coll, DBE, FRSA is a British academic and former museum director.-Career:Born as , the daughter of a Darlington bank clerk, she was educated at Darlington High School, Trinity College, Dublin and Birkbeck, University of London.She was the first woman director of a national... (b.1938)	Director and Secretary of the Victoria and Albert Museum	1987 – 1995
Dr Alan Borg, CBE CBE CBE and C.B.E. are abbreviations for "Commander of the Order of the British Empire", a grade in the Order of the British Empire.Other uses include:* Chemical and Biochemical Engineering...  (b.1942)	Director and Secretary of the Victoria and Albert Museum	1995 – 2001
Sir Mark Jones Mark Jones (museum director) Sir Mark Ellis Powell Jones is a British art historian, numismatist and museum director; he is director of the Victoria and Albert Museum... (b.1951)	Director of the Victoria and Albert Museum	2001 – 2011
Professor Martin Roth	Director of the Victoria and Albert Museum	2011 - present