Margaret Mary Appleton (born 21 August 1965) is an English museum director.
[citation needed] In 1984, she accepted a place at Liverpool University where she studied medieval and modern history.
After graduating, she worked as a medical sales rep and volunteered at Peterborough Museum[3] Appleton completed a MSc in Heritage Management from Birmingham University's Ironbridge Institute.
While there, she oversaw a major renovation of Stockwood Discovery Centre and the acquisition of the medieval Wenlock Jug.
[1][6] As the CEO, she led the Museum's £26M transformation to mark the centenary of the Royal Air Force in 2018.