SORT & SURVIVE LTD works with museums, other heritage organisations, private collections and business archives.

Consultant Curators, Sue Kirby and Sophie Hodgetts, give advice, guidance and hands-on help to museums and other institutions on collections management, care and interpretation.

Clients include museums preparing for or administering National Lottery Heritage Fund projects; those requiring collections relocation, the fitting out of stores or documentation review. SORT & SURVIVEcan also provide interim management support, undertake the recruitment and training of specialist staff or volunteers and research and produce interpretation both online and in the gallery. SORT & SURVIVEalso works with individuals to find appropriate new homes for their possessions including museums, galleries and archives or advises on possible sale, disposal or efficient storage.

Sue has spent her career working for a variety of museums in London and elsewhere in the UK as both a manager and curator. In a short space of time, following her experience at the Horniman Museum, Sophie has made a big contribution to the success of the collections relocation project at Vestry House Museum.