Position: Head of Historic Buildings
About
Dan leads a team of curators looking after all of Historic Royal Palaces’ properties and landscapes. He joined Historic Royal Palaces in 2012, initially as an assistant curator, before becoming the historic building curator for Hampton Court Palace in 2013. He took on his current role in 2022. Dan has a BSc in Archaeology and an MA in Landscape Archaeology, GIS and Virtual Environments.
Dan’s current research interests include visitor perceptions of authenticity in historic buildings, the archaeology of Hampton Court Palace, the work of Jean Tijou, and 16th century architectural terracotta.
Select publications
Peirce, A., Jackson, D., Fitch, R., & Manning, A. ‘“It Feels Like You Have Stepped Back in Time”: Implementing Authenticity Research in Henry VIII’s Kitchens at Hampton Court Palace’, Collections, 16 (2020), pp. 34-59.