From our origins as the Advisory Service of the Royal Ontario Museum, Cultural Innovations have developed into a leading integrated cultural consultancy service, operating from our head office in London with offices also currently in Toronto and Cairo. Our team of specialist consultants is supported by a wide network of professionals with whom we work on a regular basis.

Our philosophy centres on working in partnership with our
clients to define, develop and deliver innovative cultural projects. Advising museums, international institutions and development organisations, departments and foundations we can work with clients all the way along the development path – from the conception and development of vision and mission statements, through the detailed planning of organisational requirements, to managing the implementation of buildings, exhibitions, creative solutions and programmes. We continuously monitor international trends, evaluating cultural and leisure development programmes to stay abreast of new proven concepts and emerging issues for the benefit of our clients.

This year we celebrate our 12th Anniversary of CI’s original formation as the advisory service of the Royal Ontario Museum in Toronto, in 1997. Principals Robert Barnett and Martyn Best took the consultancy private in 2002 when it was registered as a company in the UK. From an organisation with two clients and three staff in 2002 CI now have clients in over fourteen countries across four continents.

This website provides an introduction to Cultural Innovations, and the people who are at the core of our expanding range of services and projects. We are always pleased to hear from fellow professionals and we hope that this website provides a focus for professional discussion as much as a source of information about Cultural Innovations.


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