25 March 2013 MacGregor was appointed an Honorary Officer of the Order of Australia (AO) by the Governor-General of Australia Quentin Bryce, "for service to promoting Australia and Australian art in the United Kingdom". Awards 2015 Friedrich-Gundolf-Preis from the Deutsche Akademie für Sprache und Dichtung for A History of the World in 100 Objects and Germany: Memories of a Nation 2015 Nayef Al-Rodhan Prize, from the British Academy for A History of the World in 100 Objects and Germany: Memories of a Nation Publications See also List of directors of the British Museum References External links Lecture "Identity Formation. The Role of Museums in the Creation and Inflection of National Narratives" at LMU Munich Collected news and commentary at The Guardian Collected news and commentary at The Independent A History of the World, BBC and The British Museum 1946 births Living people 20th-century Scottish historians 21st-century Scottish historians Academics of the University of Reading Alumni of New College, Oxford Alumni of the Courtauld Institute of Art Alumni of the University of Edinburgh British expatriates in Germany Directors of museums in the United Kingdom Directors of the British Museum Directors of the National Gallery, London École Normale Supérieure alumni Fellows of New College, Oxford Honorary Officers of the Order of Australia British gay writers LGBT historians Members of the Faculty of Advocates Members of the Order of Merit People educated at the Glasgow Academy People from Glasgow Scottish art historians Scottish curators Honorary Fellows of the British Academy Elgin Marbles