Peter Cannon-Brookes

Peter Cannon-Brookes (born 23 August 1938) is a British art historian, with a special interest in Czech sculpture, and a curator who founded the journal Museum Management and Curatorship. Early life and education Cannon-Brookes was born on 23 August 1938, the son of Victor Montgomery Cannon Brookes and Nancy Margaret Markham-Carter. His father, a solicitor, and outwardly “a genial, safe, reliable family man”, was an intelligence officer and secretary of the Special Operations Executive, who, after World War II, went on to help in the fight against the Cold War. Cannon-Brookes attended Bryanston School and studied Natural Sciences at Trinity Hall, University of Cambridge (MA) and History of Art at the Courtauld Institute of Art (PhD). Career Cannon-Brookes served as Keeper of Art at Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery from 1965 to 1978 and then at the National Museum of Wales in Cardiff between 1978 and 1986. He produced a number of exhibitions and accompanying catalogues during his time as museum curator. He is consultant curator for the Franta Belsky and Irena Sedlecká Studios, but his main focus has been education and research, particularly of the conservation and security of art objects.