Michael Day
Chief Executive
Historic Royal Palaces
Michael Day joined Historic Royal Palaces as Chief Executive in 2003 from the Jersey Heritage Trust where he held the post of Director since 1987. In Jersey he was responsible for four museums, two castles and the island’s national archive. His achievements in Jersey included twice winning the Museum of the Year Award.
Michael attended the Museum Management Institute in Berkeley, California in 1993. He has been a member of the faculty of the UEA Museum Leadership Programme since 1994 and has been co-director of the Nordic Museum Leadership Programme in Denmark since its inception in 2001. He was project monitor for the Heritage Lottery Fund on the new National Maritime Museum Cornwall, and has been an occasional consultant over the last decade on other museum projects and to cultural organisations on strategic leadership issues. He is a Companion of the Chartered Management Institute, a Fellow of the Museums Association and the Royal Society of Arts, and a member of the Advisory Board of Clore Leadership Programme. Over the last five years he has taught and lectured in New York. Barcelona, Milan, Vienna and Tehran, as well as at business schools in the UK.
Michael started his museum career in Norwich in the 1970s before moving in 1983 to the Ironbridge Gorge Museum as Curator of Social History. In his spare time Michael enjoys sailing, skiing and playing real tennis.
