Lord Cultural Resources
Lord Cultural Resources was founded in 1981 by Barry Lord and Gail Dexter Lord. This cultural professional practice is comprised of some 44 professionals and support staff to serve their national and international client base through a network of offices in Toronto, Ottawa, New York, San Francisco, Madrid, Paris, Bahrain and Beijing.
Established in response to the need for specialized planning services in the museum, cultural and heritage sector, this firm has earned an international reputation for excellence based on successful completion of more than 1,700 museum planning assignments worldwide in 45 countries on 6 continents.
In addition to its extensive practical planning experience, Lord Cultural Resources has made a definite contribution to the development of museum planning through its pioneering publications. In 1991, Gail Dexter Lord and Barry Lord co-edited The Manual of Museum Planning (Second EDition 1999). The Manual of Museum Management was published in 1997 (Second Edition 2009), and the third publication in the series, The Manual of Museum Exhibitions, was launched in 2001. The Manual of Strategic Planning for Museums and The Manual of Museum Learning were published in 2007.
Lord Cultural Resources also issues a quarterly newsletter, Cultural Capital, exploring the latest topics and issues concerning the museum world.
Project Experience
Some of the firm’s project highlights can be found below:
- Glasgow’s Glasgow, Scotland
- Rubin Museum of Art, New York
- Frist Center for the Visual Arts, Nashville
- Asian Art Museum of San Francisco
- Frederick H Varley Art Gallery, Markham
- Hong Kong Heritage Museum
- Singapore Art Museum
- National Saudi Arabia Museum, Riyadh
- Art Institute of Chicago
- Thai Creative and Design Centre, Bangkok
- Los Angeles County Museum of Art
- Sawai Man Singh Town Hall, Jaipur
- Saadiyat Island Museums, Abu Dhabi, UAE
- Nova Scotia Museum of Industry and Transportation, Stellarton
- The Lowry, Salford, England
- Please Touch Museum, Philadelphia
- World Trade Center site
- Museum of the African Diaspora, San Francisco
- Canadian Museum for Human Rights, Winnipeg
- National Museum of African American History and Culture, Smithsonian
- National Archaeology Museum of Aruba
- The Rooms Provincial Museum (Provincial Museum of Newfoundland and Labrador), Saint John's, Newfoundland
- Mail, Rail, Retail and Hudson Bay Company Exhibitions in Victoria and Montreal
- Canada Aviation Museum, Ottawa
- National Heritage Repository, Singapore
- Miami Science Museum
- Longwood Gardens
- Louvre-Lens, France
- Museo Guggenheim Bilbao, Spain
- Constitution Hill, Johannesburg
A more comprehensive portfolio can be found on the firm's website.
Lord Cultural Resources in Publication
Below is a list of articles written by or about Lord Cultural Resources.
- "60 Tips in 60 Minutes: Affordable Actions to Take Now" by Amy Kaufman, Managing Director of Lord Cultural Resources (US). Speech presented at the 2009 American Association of Museums Conference in Philadelphia.
- "Innovative Ideas and Practices in Revenue Generation and Cost Control" by Ted Silberberg,Senior Principal of Lord Cultural Resources. Speech presented at the 2009 American Association of Museums Conference in Philadelphia.
- "Finding Your Voice" International Journal, Autumn 2008, UK.
- "Prophets of the City" by Kelvin Browne, International Architecture & Design, Autumn 2009.
- "In the Mix" by Scott Billings, Museums Journal Online, October 2008.
- "The Bilbao Effect: from poor port to must-see city" by Gail Dexter Lord, The Art Newspaper, October 2007.
- "Museum Maestros" by Judy Steed, Toronto Star, June 26, 2005.
External Links
Lord Cultural Resources is part of Lord International Inc. Below is a list of its joint ventures: