John Vella

Curator, Consultant and Researcher Bir Mula Heritage Museum

Member of EuropeanaTech Community | Member of Research Community | Member of Climate Action Community

Founder and curator of a grassroots museum (Bir Mula Heritage, Bormla, Malta) which voicing the community helped transform an excluded and stigmatised dockyard city into a cultural tourism destination. Experienced within voluntary cultural organisations and in local government, he contributed to and organised cultural tourism festivals, themed national exhibitions and events. Serves in consultancy to the central government on matters concerning management, human resources, policies, quality of service, processes, and simplification.
With a Ph.D. in Mediterranean Studies (University of Malta) focused on Mediterranean grassroots museums, he authored and co-authored research on micro museums, collections and history published in peer-reviewed academic journals. He is also a casual lecturer with the Institute for Tourism, Travel and Culture (University of Malta).