Nat Edwards joined the Royal Armouries in October 2022 as Director General and Master of the Armouries, having most recently served as Chief Executive of the Thackray Museum of Medicine.
Nat has worked in museums for longer than he cares to remember, beginning his career at the National Galleries of Scotland, when ‘Never gonna give you up’ was number one in the charts. His experience includes extensive capital projects, business initiatives and large-scale exhibitions as well as community and educational projects. His career spans institutions such as the British Museum, Science Museum Group, National Library of Scotland, National Trust for Scotland and Glasgow Museums.
Aside from museums, Nat has appeared as a sword-wielding mutant goon in a BBC3 show featuring Carl Weathers, and as a sword-wielding Glaswegian in an Adidas advert featuring Alessandro del Piero.