# Gail Boyle

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'''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](/source/Bristol_City_Museum_and_Art_Gallery), former Chair of the [http://socmusarch.org.uk/ Society for Museum Archaeology], and a former Honorary Research Fellow at the [University of Bristol](/source/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](/source/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](/source/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](/source/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](/source/Bristol_and_Gloucestershire_Archaeological_Society) and sits on a wide variety of archaeological and heritage-related advisory groups including the [Portable Antiquities Scheme](/source/Portable_Antiquities_Scheme) Advisory Group and [Historic England](/source/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](/source/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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