{{Short description|British curator}} {{Infobox academic | honorific_prefix = | name = Gail Boyle | honorific_suffix = {{post-nominals|country=GBR|size=100|FSA FMA}} | image = | image_size = | alt = | caption = | native_name = | native_name_lang = | birth_name = | birth_date = | birth_place = | death_date = | death_place = | death_cause = | nationality = | citizenship = | residence = | occupation = Museum Curator<br>Archaeologist | period = | known_for = | title = | spouse = | children = | awards = | website = | education = | alma_mater = | thesis_title = | thesis_url = | thesis_year = | discipline = | sub_discipline = | workplaces = {{plainlist| * Bristol City Museum and Art Gallery * University of Bristol }} | main_interests = | notable_works = | notable_ideas = | influenced = <!--must be referenced from a third party source--> | signature = | signature_alt = | signature_size = | footnotes = }}
'''Gail Boyle''' {{post-nominals|country=GBR|size=100|FMA}}<ref>https://www.museumsassociation.org/careers/fellowship</ref> {{post-nominals|country=GBR|size=100|FSA}} is a British curator.
==Career == Boyle is the former Senior Curator of Archaeology and World Cultures at Bristol Museums, Galleries & Archives, former Chair of the [http://socmusarch.org.uk/ Society for Museum Archaeology], and a former Honorary Research Fellow at the University of Bristol.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.bristol.ac.uk/school-of-arts/people/gail-boyle/overview.html |title=Mrs Gail Boyle |publisher=University of Bristol |accessdate=30 September 2020}}</ref> She was elected as a fellow of the Society of Antiquaries of London on 2 February 2015.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.sal.org.uk/our-fellows/directory/mrs-gail-boyle/ |title=Mrs Gail Boyle |publisher=Society of Antiquaries of London |accessdate=30 September 2020}}</ref> She is also a fellow of the Museums Association.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.museumsassociation.org/careers/fellowship/gail-boyle-fma/ |title=Gail Boyle FMA |publisher=Museums Association |accessdate=30 September 2020}}</ref>
Gail Boyle co-authored and published three national surveys of ‘[http://socmusarch.org.uk/projects/hesma-annual-survey-of-museums-collecting-archaeology-reports/ Museums Collecting Archaeology]’ (2016-2018) and national ‘[http://socmusarch.org.uk/projects/guidance-on-the-rationalisation-of-museum-archaeology-collections/ Guidance on the Rationalisation of Archaeological Collections’] (2018). Gail designed and delivered the [http://socmusarch.org.uk/training/smart-project/ Society for Museum Archaeology Resources and Training Programme] and was both a contributor to, and editor of, new ‘Standards and Guidance in the Care of Archaeological Collections’ (2020) and ‘Communicating Archaeology: Case studies in the use of, and engagement with, archaeological collections.’ (2021).
Boyle was first appointed to the Treasure Valuation Committee in 2018 <ref>{{Cite web |title=Treasure Valuation Committee appointment Gail Boyle |url=https://www.gov.uk/government/news/treasure-valuation-committee-appointment-gail-boyle |access-date=2023-04-10 |website=GOV.UK |language=en}}</ref> and then re-appointed in 2023.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Gail Boyle reappointed to the Treasure Valuation Committee |url=https://www.gov.uk/government/news/gail-boyle-reappointed-to-the-treasure-valuation-committee |access-date=2023-04-10 |website=GOV.UK |language=en}}</ref>
Gail Boyle is also Chair of the Board of Trustees for the Bristol & Gloucestershire Archaeological Society and sits on a wide variety of archaeological and heritage-related advisory groups including the Portable Antiquities Scheme Advisory Group and Historic England's Future of Archaeological Archives Programme.<ref>[https://historicengland.org.uk/research/support-and-collaboration/future-for-archaeological-archives-programme/#:~:text=The%20Future%20for%20Archaeological%20Archives%20Programme%20(FAAP)%20is%20a%20programme,and%20curation%20of%20archaeological%20archives. Future of Archaeological Archives Programme.]</ref>
Boyle became Chair of the Board of Trustees for the Council for British Archaeology in February 2024.
==Publications== *Boyle, G. 2007. "One object, several thousand pieces . . . and no budget: the Newton St Loe Mosaic Project", ''The Museums Archaeologist'' 30, 49-53. *Roberts, D. Dr, Boyle G, et al, 2015. Bristol Museums: iBeacons and Visitor Engagement Research & Development Report (The Hidden Museum Project). NESTA *Booth, N., Boyle G., Rawden A., ''Museums Collecting Archaeology Research Reports'' 2016-18. Historic England *Boyle G., Hutchinson, D. Mullan, G.J., Rossington, R.J., 2017. Bone Hole, Cheddar Gorge, Somerset: archaeological and palaeontological collections. UBSS Proceedings, 27(2), pp 161-183. *Baxter K., Boyle G., Creighton L., 2018. ''The Rationalisation of Archaeological Archives in Museums''. Historic England *Boyle, G., 2019. ‘Always on the Receiving End? Reflections on Archaeology, Museums and Policy’, ''The Historic Environment: Policy & Practice.'' 10:3-4, pp.380-394. *Boyle, G. and Rawden A. eds, 2020. ''Standards in the Care of Archaeological Collections.'' SMA *Boyle, G. and Butterworth J, eds. 2021. ''Communicating Archaeology: Case studies in the use of, and engagement with, archaeological collections.'' SMA *Boyle, G., 2022. ‘Unlocking the potential of archaeological archives’, ''The Oxford Handbook of Museum Archaeology'', pp 271-288. Oxford University Press. *Williams. H, et al, eds, 2022 ‘A National Strategy for Treasure? – an interview with Gail Boyle’, ''The Public Archaeology of Treasure'' pp 78-95. Archaeopress.
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