HISTORIAN, RESEARCHER, AND HEritage CONSULTANT BASED in scotland.

Heritage Services

• Designing heritage activities to meet the desired criteria for funding bodies.
• Writing funding applications.
• Delivery heritage and outreach projects.
• Project management
• Research & Interpretation
• Writing for online or publication
• Data recording
• Community engagement

History Research Heritage

Helping museums, archives and community groups uncover hidden histories and secure funding for heritage projects.

Dr Karen Mailley is an academic and heritage professional who has worked in the museum and heritage sector(s) for over a decade. She specialises in range of heritage services including, bid writing, outreach and engagement, research and interpretation and designing heritage activities. She is a Scottish Representative for GEM and an Associate Fellow of the Royal Historical Society.

Karen’s main research focus is related to gender and the built environment in Scotland since 1880. She has been published in The Scottish Society for Art History, The Decorative Arts Society Journal, Decorating Dissidence, EPOCH Magazine, The Bottle Imp and Historic Environment Scotland.

She also offers a range of talks based on my research. To find out more please click here, or email Karen by clicking the button below.

RESEARCH

The Glasgow Society of Lady Artists

Find out more about Karen’s research into the Glasgow Society. The Glasgow Society of Lady Artists (GSLA) was established by eight students of The Glasgow School of Art in 1882 and owned a club house at 5 Blythswood Square.

PUBLIC HISTORY & ENGAGEMENT

If you would like to learn snippets from my research, why not give my Instagram a follow!! Just click on the posts below to find out more about Scottish Women’s History.