Ryan Nutting

Biography

Dr Ryan Nutting possesses over fifteen years of experience working in universities and heritage organizations in Germany, the United Kingdom, and United States. Ryan received his PhD from the School of Museum Studies and Victorian Studies Centre at the University of Leicester where is also currently an Honorary Research Fellow in the School of Heritage and Culture. Ryan recently completed an International Fellowship at the Kulturwissenschaftliche Institut Essen (KWI) in Essen, Germany as well as an Early Career Research Fellowship at Watts Gallery- Artists' Village in Guildford, England. Dr. Nutting’s work focuses on the history, collecting, and interpretation of objects to convey information and construct knowledge on places, cultures, and peoples in museums, practices in late nineteenth century museums, and museum decolonization. Ryan is currently conducting research on museum histories, the biographies of objects, tourist art, and museum decolonization.