Charles Dickens Museum announces next director

The Charles Dickens Museum in London has promoted its current deputy director FRANKIE KUBICKI to the post of director of the museum. She will take up the role in March this year.

She succeeds CINDY SUGHRUE, who has spent nearly ten years in post.

Kubicki initially joined the museum eight years ago as a curator. She is also a member of the London Museum oversight board as an independent representative of the university museums sector.

SANDRA LYNES TIMBRELL, chair of the museum’s board, said that Kubicki was the “standout candidate” who demonstrated a clear vision for the museum’s future.

She added, “We are grateful to outgoing director Cindy Sughrue for her dedication and leadership; she transformed the museum and, during Covid in particular, worked tirelessly to ensure its continued success.”

Kubicki said, “I am truly delighted and honoured to be stepping into this new role and to be able to help to shape the future of this special place. Charles Dickens is as compelling as he ever has been, and the issues and themes that absorbed him remain strikingly relevant.”