LONDON: The Saudi Museums Commission marked the graduation of a new cohort from its international training program at the Victoria and Albert Museum in London on Friday, part of its drive to staff the Kingdom’s museums with homegrown professionals trained to global standards.
The commission’s mandate is to develop and operate flagship museums that celebrate Saudi heritage and expand cultural participation nationwide.
“This is about Saudi human capability,” said Taghreed Al-Saraj, the commission’s general manager for education and talent development.
“We are developing museums in Saudi Arabia, and we need to operate them, and who better to do that than Saudis themselves? We recognize this is a new sector, but we are capable of tackling it. Now we need to train, reskill, and give people the knowledge they need to operate these museums.”
Al-Saraj said the international program had run in Egypt, Italy, and the UK, culminating at the V&A in London.
