MEET THE TEAM

Nicola Wood - Museum Manager & Curator

Nicola is the Museum Manager and Curator. She is responsible for the day to day running of the museum, the development of key projects and for ensuring the delivery of the museum’s core activities and events programme

Nicola has a postgraduate degree in Heritage Management and has worked in the heritage sector for over 15 years in both local authority organisations and charitable trusts.

She has developed many Heritage Lottery projects across the UK and was responsible for the award-winning The Old Stables at Dalby House - Learning and Visitor Center and the Arts Council funded ‘Local Heritage Local Lives’ collections access project.

Nicola is a heritage consultant, mentor and leadership adviser within the East Midlands and particularly enjoys helping to initiate, develop and project manage Heritage Lottery projects.

Helen Brownett - Textile Artist & Technical Demonstrator

Helen joined the Museum in 1995 as a volunteer on a government training scheme and has been with us ever since.

In 1997, she became a paid member of staff mainly demonstrating the Griswold machines, and helping visitors to enjoy and appreciate the circular knitting machines. Helen now works as a Textile Artist and Technical Demonstrator

Helen is extremely creative and is a talented artist. She enjoys using these skills to help develop the museum’s events programme, and to create and set the scenes for the many imaginative events that take place at the museum.

She also enjoys working with local artists and organising creative craft workshops, alongside helping to maintain the museum’s beautiful Victorian cottage garden.

Julian Ellis - Trustee (Chair)

Julian is a textile technologist by profession, interested in all areas of textiles, particularly our textile heritage.

He is also a Liveryman of the Worshipful Company of Framework Knitters. Julian joined the Board in October 2007.

Faye Stenson - Trustee

Faye joined the Board in October 2014 with the aim of using her marketing, events management and business skills to help promote the museum and its events. She is actively involved in the Fundraising Committee and has attended two fundraising training courses to broaden her skills.

In summer 2017, Faye project managed the production of the museum’s new website, which was funded by an Arts Council Museum Resilience grant. Away from the museum, she has worked as a freelance copywriter and marketing communications specialist since 2008.

Ian Rowson - Trustee

Ian has worked in and around the museum sector for over 20 years. His specific field of interest is collections management and documentation.

Ian particularly likes working with technology and social history collections, and his role as a Trustee for the Framework Knitters gives him an opportunity to keep engaged with many of the things that he is most interested in. Ian joined the Board in November 2016.

Brian Playle - Trustee

Brian was a former museum professional with Nottingham City Museums.

He is a long standing Trustee of the Framework Knitters Museum.