Ruth B Kerr
My work
history and
my values
Values are like fingerprints. Nobody's are the same, but you leave them all over everything you do.
Elvis Presley
The Short Story:
I worked full-time in the cultural sector from 1997 to 2015
Following my MA in Heritage Studies, I worked for Nuffield Theatre Southampton, before moving to Wigan Pier in Greater Manchester as Interpretation Officer. In 2000 I joined Hampshire County Museums Service to be Learning Development Officer at their new flagship venue, Milestones. I held several learning and engagement roles with Hampshire Museums, managing area teams, supporting exhibitions, and working across a range of museums, sites and collections, including two galleries in the Government Indemnity Scheme.
Alongside learning and engagement work, in 2009 I was curator at one of Hampshire’s community museums, managing a site with a shop, cafe and exhibitions gallery.
I delivered freelance work alongside a part-time role 2015 - 2020, becoming entirely freelance in September 2020
In 2015 I joined Eling Tide Mill Experience. Shortly after starting this part-time role, a former colleague asked me to deliver training for her team. This was the start of my freelance work.
Most of my clients are in the heritage sector, and I deliver short, medium and long-term work for museums and heritage sites. I also have two clients I work for part-time: the Gamekeepers' Welfare Trust and the Country Trust.
I began volunteering for people charity the Gamekeepers' Welfare Trust (GWT) in 2009, later managing social media for them as a volunteer. In 2019 they invited me to continue my work for them in a freelance capacity. In 2021 they asked me to take on additional freelance work as part-time Communications Manager.
In 2021 I began working freelance for The Country Trust, a charity providing children with immersive experiences linked to food, farming and the countryside. This is also the year I joined the Board of Trustees at Wiltshire Museum.
In 2024 I became freelance, part-time Administrator for the National Gamekeepers Organisation Educational Trust.
Memberships & voluntary work
Museums Association and a-n The Artists Information Company.
When time allows, I volunteer helping deliver Forest School opportunities for children, and I very much enjoy being an active Trustee at Wiltshire Museum.
I try to volunteer at Open Farm Sunday each year, when farms open their gates for the public to explore farming.
My values
Connection - I like finding and building connections with people
Balance - enjoying relationships that demonstate reciprocity
Dedication - to what I do in work and out
Care - for the I work I deliver, and for the people I work with
Development - enjoying learning and refresher learning