Rate My Professor Abigail Harrison Moore

Professor Abigail Harrison Moore is Professor of Art History and Museum Studies in the School of Fine Art, History of Art and Cultural Studies, Faculty of Arts, Humanities and Cultures at the University of Leeds. She earned an MA in History of Art from the University of St Andrews in 1994, a Postgraduate Diploma in Art Gallery and Museum Studies from the University of Manchester in 1995, and a PhD from the University of Southampton in 2001 with a thesis titled ‘Imagining Egypt: The Harewood Regency Furniture Collections’. Since joining the University of Leeds in 1996, she has co-developed the MA in Art Gallery and Museum Studies and the MA in Arts Management and Heritage Studies. As a founding member of the Centre for Critical Studies in Museums, Galleries and Heritage and the Centre for Collaborative Heritage Research, she has supervised numerous PhDs in her research fields. Harrison Moore leads Art Teachers Connect, a network supporting over 250 art and art history teachers serving more than 40,000 students weekly in UK state schools, and co-directs the Registrars Project in partnership with Leeds Museums and Galleries and the Royal Armouries.