Maria Vlachou^GR+PT

Maria Vlachou is a consultant in cultural management and communication. She is a founding member and Executive Director of the association  Acesso Cultura. She is the author of the blog Musing on Culture (and the book of the same name), where she writes about culture, cultural management and communication, audiences, and access. She manages the Facebook page Museum texts / Textos em Museus and co-manages the blog Museums and Migration. She is currently involved in the European project RESHAPE – Reflect, Share, Practice, Experiment, as a member of the “Arts and Citizenship” group.

She was Director of Communications at São Luiz Municipal Theatre (2006–2012) and Head of Communications at the Pavilion of Knowledge – Ciência Viva (2001–2006). She was a member of the governing bodies of ICOM Portugal (2005–2014) and editor of its newsletter. She was a consultant to the Arpad Szenes – Vieira da Silva Museum and the Navy Cultural Commission. She collaborated with the Descobrir and Próximo Futuro programmes of the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation. Fellow and member of ISPA – International Society for the Performing Arts (2018, 2020). Alumna of the DeVos Institute of Arts Management at the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts (Washington, 2011–2013); Master’s degree in Museology from University College London (1994), having undertaken internships at the Petrie Museum of Egyptian Archaeology and the Natural History Museum; Bachelor’s degree in History and Archaeology (University of Ioannina, 1992).