Dora Thornton

Dr Dora Thornton works at the British Museum as Curator of the Waddesdon Bequest and Renaissance Europe. She specialises in and and has published widely on Renaissance Italy. Most recently she curated the British Museum exhibition, Shakespeare: Staging the World. She is now working on a new permanent gallery for the Waddesdon Bequest, which will open in 2015.

Dr Dora Thornton works at the British Museum as Curator of the Waddesdon Bequest and Renaissance Europe. She specialises in and and has published widely on Renaissance Italy. Most recently she curated the British Museum exhibition, Shakespeare: Staging the World. She is now working on a new permanent gallery for the Waddesdon Bequest, which will open in 2015. See less