Andrew John Scott CBE

Order of the British Empire

The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire is an order of chivalry established on 4 June 1917 by George V of the United Kingdom. The Order comprises five classes in civil and military divisions...

 was Director of the National Railway Museum

National Railway Museum

The National Railway Museum is a museum in York forming part of the British National Museum of Science and Industry and telling the story of rail transport in Britain and its impact on society. It has won many awards, including the European Museum of the Year Award in 2001...

 in York

York

York is a walled city, situated at the confluence of the Rivers Ouse and Foss in North Yorkshire, England. The city has a rich heritage and has provided the backdrop to major political events throughout much of its two millennia of existence...

, part of the National Museum of Science and Industry

National Museum of Science and Industry

The National Museum of Science and Industry is a collection of British museums, comprising:* The Science Museum, incorporating the Science Museum Library and the Wellcome collections of the history of medicine at South Kensington in London....

 (NMSI) in England

England

England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...

. His previous museum appointments (since 1984) had been with the West Yorkshire Transport Museum in Bradford

Bradford

Bradford lies at the heart of the City of Bradford, a metropolitan borough of West Yorkshire, in Northern England. It is situated in the foothills of the Pennines, west of Leeds, and northwest of Wakefield. Bradford became a municipal borough in 1847, and received its charter as a city in 1897...

, the Bradford Industrial Museum

Bradford Industrial Museum

Bradford Industrial Museum, established 1974 in Moorside Mills, Eccleshill, Bradford, United Kingdom, specializes in relics of local industry, especially printing and textile machinery, kept in working condition for regular demonstrations to the public...

, and the London Transport Museum.

Scott was awarded a CBE in the 2006 New Year Honours List

New Year Honours 2006

The New Year Honours 2006 for the Commonwealth realms were announced on 31 December 2005, to celebrate the year passed and mark the beginning of 2006....

 for services to museum

Museum

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In September 2009, Andrew Scott took over as acting director of the NMSI after the dismissal of Molly Jackson

Molly Jackson

Molly Jackson was acting director of the National Museum of Science and Industry in England, from 6 April to 23 September 2009. From June 2004 she was managing director of NMSI Trading Ltd...

 over a breach of NMSI conduct. On 15 October 2010 Andrew Scott retired and the new postholder was Ian Blatchford

Ian Blatchford

Ian Blatchford is the Director of the National Museum of Science and Industry, which oversees the Science Museum in London, England, and other related museums. He was previous Deputy Director of the Victoria and Albert Museum, opposite the Science Museum on Exhibition Road in South Kensington,...

. He was recruited from being the Deputy Director of the Victoria and Albert Museum

Victoria and Albert Museum

The Victoria and Albert Museum , set in the Brompton district of The Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea, London, England, is the world's largest museum of decorative arts and design, housing a permanent collection of over 4.5 million objects...

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