Museums APPG

First Registered: 24/09/2020 • Last updated on: 11/01/2023

Note: This APPG was last registered on 11th January 2023. The APPG was not registered in the latest release of the 18th June 2025 and may be defunct.

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To highlight and promote the interests of museums across the UK.

Note: All-Party Parliamentary Groups (APPGs) are informal, cross-party groups formed by MPs and Members of the House of Lords who share a common interest in a particular policy area, region or country. APPGs have no official status within Parliament.
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Former Officers - Contact Details - Benefits in Kind - Financial Benefits
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Former APPG Officers
Chris Skidmore Portrait
Chris Skidmore
Chair & Registered Contact
Conservative - Former Member for Kingswood
Joined: 24th September 2020
Departed: 11th January 2023
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Simon Baynes Portrait
Simon Baynes
Vice Chair
Conservative - Former Member for Clwyd South
Joined: 9th February 2022
Departed: 11th January 2023
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Felicity Buchan Portrait
Felicity Buchan
Vice Chair
Conservative - Former Member for Kensington
Joined: 24th September 2020
Departed: 11th January 2023
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Theo Clarke Portrait
Theo Clarke
Vice Chair
Conservative - Former Member for Stafford
Joined: 24th September 2020
Departed: 11th January 2023
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Lord Faulkner of Worcester Portrait
Lord Faulkner of Worcester
Vice Chair
Labour - Life peer
Joined: 24th September 2020
Departed: 11th January 2023
3 APPG Officer Positions
Channel Islands , Commonwealth War Graves Commission and Commemoration , Heritage Rail

No other APPG Memberships

Alison Thewliss Portrait
Alison Thewliss
Vice Chair
Scottish National Party - Former Member for Glasgow Central
Joined: 24th September 2020
Departed: 11th January 2023
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Liz Saville Roberts Portrait
Liz Saville Roberts
Vice Chair
Plaid Cymru - Dwyfor Meirionnydd
Joined: 9th February 2022
Departed: 11th January 2023
6 APPG Officer Positions
Greenland , Heritage Rail , Miscarriages of Justice , Nuclear Energy , Perpetrators of Domestic Abuse , Women affected by the Criminal Justice System

No other APPG Memberships

Chris Bryant Portrait
Chris Bryant
Secretary
Labour - Rhondda and Ogmore
Joined: 11th January 2023
Departed: 11th January 2023
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Kim Johnson Portrait
Kim Johnson
Treasurer
Labour - Liverpool Riverside
Joined: 24th September 2020
Departed: 11th January 2023
5 APPG Officer Positions
Child of the North , Cuba , Miscarriages of Justice , Race and Community , Somaliland

No other APPG Memberships

Chris Bryant Portrait
Chris Bryant
Secretary
Labour - Rhondda and Ogmore
Joined: 24th September 2020
Departed: 30th November 2022
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Alison McGovern Portrait
Alison McGovern
Vice Chair
Labour - Birkenhead
Joined: 24th September 2020
Departed: 29th December 2021
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Contact Details

Registered Contact:

Chris Skidmore MP, House of Commons, London, SW1A 0AA. Tel: 020 7219 7094.

Email: chris.skidmore.mp@parliament.uk

Public Enquiry Point:

Bethany Reynard, National Museum Directors’ Council

Email: Bethany.reynard@nationalmuseums.org.uk

Secretariat:

National Museum Directors’ Council acts as the group's secretariat. https://www.nationalmuseums.org.uk

Group's Website:

https://www.museumsappg.co.uk/

Benefits in Kind
Date
14 Sep 2021
Source
National Museum Directors’ Council
Description
Secretariat   From : 14/09/2021 To : 13/09/2022
Value
£7,501
Date
14 Sep 2020
Source
National Museum Directors’ Council
Description
Secretariat   From : 14/09/2020 To : 13/09/2021
Value
£30,001

No direct financial benefits are on record for the Museums APPG