Organisation
and management

Representatives from the trade union movement, business community, regional and municipal authorities, university and staff, among others

• Peter Kjær, Director at Schouw & Co – Chair
• Sten Tiedemann, Rector of Folkeuniversitetet in Aarhus – Deputy Chair
• Thomas Jensen, CEO of CAC – Member of the Executive Committee
• Anders G. Christensen, Chair of the Regional Council
• Anne Thorø Nielsen, Head of FO-Aarhus
• Henrik Hoffmann, Chair of Aarhus Håndværkerforening
• Maja Horst, Dean at Aarhus University
• Kresten Vendelboe, Chair of FH Aarhus
• Lisbeth Katborg Bjerre, Chief of Staff at Aarhus University
• Martin Busk, Director – Appointed by Aarhus City Council
• Jens-Jacob Aarup, Chair of Erhverv Aarhus
• Christian Rønne Larsen, Staff Representative
  
  

Julie Rokkjær Birch, Museum Director, CEO

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Key responsibilities

• Museum principles
• Development and strategy
• External relations
• Danish Centre for Urban History
  
  

Education

• MA in Nordic Language and Literature and Art History, Aarhus University, 2008
• Foundation course in board governance, Copenhagen Business School, 2023
  
  

Career and appointments

• Museum Director, Den Gamle By, 2024–present
• Museum Director, Museum Jorn, 2023
• Board Member, Kulturens Analyseinstitut (Institute for Cultural Analysis), appointed by Minister for Culture Jacob Engel-Schmidt, 2022–present
• Board Member, Spar Nord Fonden, 2022–present
• Director, KØN – Gender Museum Denmark (formerly the Women’s Museum), 2019–2023
• Columnist, Jyllands-Posten, 2019–2022
• Curator, the Women’s Museum (now KØN), 2014–2019
• Curator, Skovgaard Museum (including maternity leave), January 2011–December 2013
• Curator, Skagens Museum, 2009–2011

Other roles

• Advisory Board Member, Jyllands-Posten Aurora, 2020–present
• Member of the Confederation of Danish Industry’s Culture and Tourism Committee, 2022–2024
• Dementia Ambassador, Aarhus Municipality, 2018–2023
• Board Member, ODM (Association of Danish Museums), 2020–2022
• Board Member, MMU (Central Denmark Museums’ Development Council), 2019–2022
• Member of Aarhus Municipality’s Committee for Equality and Diversity, 2018–2022
  
  

Awards

• Winner of the Artbeat Award’s main prize
  
  

Personal

• Born on 4 July 1983; mother of twins born in 2012