Joana Sousa Monteiro - (Museum of Lisbon)

Joana Sousa Monteiro has been director of the Museum of Lisbon since 2015. She was a museum adviser to the Lisbon Councillor for Culture (2010-2014) for the reprogramming of the local museums model. She was Assistant Coordinator of the Portuguese Museums Network, which established a new accreditation system for museums under the National Institute of Museums (2000-2010). Previously, she worked at the Institute of Contemporary Art (1997-2000) and the National Museum of Contemporary Art (1994) in the making of learning programmes and exhibitions. She holds a degree in Art History, an MA in Museology, and an MA in Arts Management, and has been a museum management teacher at NOVA University since 2013. Prior to being Co-Chair of the Strategic Plan Committee of ICOM (the International Council of Museums), she was a member of the Portuguese ICOM National Committee Board (2014-2016) and Chair of ICOM – CAMOC, the International Committee for the Collections and Activities of the Museums of Cities (2016-2022).