Sarah Hammond

Museum Administrator, Sedgwick Museum of Earth Sciences


After studying Ancient Civilisations of the Mediterranean and Middle East at the University of Edinburgh, and completing an MScRes in Archaeology, my career in Museums began at the Museum of the University of St Andrews (MUSA). I began in visitor services before being promoted to the post of Operations Officer. I moved to Cambridge to take up the post of (first ever!) Museum Administrator for the Sedgwick Museum in 2011.

Life as a gallery volunteer

by | 07.05.19

The Sedgwick Museum of Earth Sciences has an active group of gallery volunteers who welcome visitors in to the Museum and provide information about the exhibitions, collections and Museum itself. The Museum’s most recent addition to the team is local palaeontology enthusiast, 18-year-old Elliott Cowie. Elliott has chatted to Museum Administrator Sarah Hammond about his love of fossils and how… Read full article