Barrie Cook

Barrie Cook is Curator of Medieval and Modern Collections in the Department of Money and Medals at the British Museum, with particular responsibility for the coinage of Britain, Europe and their colonies and dependencies c. 600-c. 1800. His role has included responsibility for new English coin hoards in his area of specialism under the terms of the Treasure system. He has curated 15 numismatic exhibitions at the British Museum and contributed to a range of other major exhibitions and galleries....See more

Barrie Cook is Curator of Medieval and Modern Collections in the Department of Money and Medals at the British Museum, with particular responsibility for the coinage of Britain, Europe and their colonies and dependencies c. 600-c. 1800. His role has included responsibility for new English coin hoards in his area of specialism under the terms of the Treasure system. He has curated 15 numismatic exhibitions at the British Museum and contributed to a range of other major exhibitions and galleries. He acted as series curator for the BM/BBC Radio 4 collaborations A history of the world in 100 objects, Shakespeare's restless world, Germany: memories of a nation and Living with the Gods and was lead curator for the exhibition Germany: memories of a nation, at the British Museum (2014), Berlin (2016) and Copenhagen (2019). See less