Sharon Snell | LLM
Sharon Snell is the CEO/Director of the National Museum in South Africa. The National Museum is a natural history, cultural history, and art… read more
Jennifer Botha| PhD
Dr Jennifer Botha was a Senior Specialist Museum Scientist in Vertebrate Palaeontology at the National Museum. Her research interests are in palaeobiology and palaeoecology… read more
Hendrik Snyders | PhD
Hendrik Snyders is a Senior Researcher at the Centre for Military Studies at the SA Military Academy, Saldanha and a research… read more
Khotso Pudumo | BA Hons.
Khotso has been working as a Research Assistant in the History department of the National Museum since early 2016. At that time he just completed a graduate… read more
Elmar du Plessis | BA Hons.
Obtained a BA degree in Culture Studies and later an Honours degree in History at the University of the Free State. In 2007 she took up a post as Collections… read more
Nico L. Avenant | PhD
Nico has started in the Department of Mammalogy at the National Museum in 1995, where he is currently the HOD… read more
Gimo M. Daniel | PhD
Gimo Daniel obtained his BSc, BSc (Hons) in Biology from the UniversidadePedagógica de Moçambique-Beira… read more
Daryl Codron | PhD
Daryl was employed as a specialist scientist in the Florisbad Quaternary Research Department, a satellite of the National Museum… read more
James S. Brink | PhD
James Brink, former Head of Florisbad Quaternary Research Department and Chief Specialist Scientist, was in charge of research activities at Florisbad since 1984…. read more
Derek du Bruyn | PhD
Derek was appointed as a historian at the National Museum in Bloemfontein in 2007, where he still works… read more
Michael F. Bates | PhD
Dr Michael F. Bates is a Specialist Scientist and Head of the Herpetology Department at the National Museum… read more
Mike Mostovski | PhD
Dr Mike Mostovski (aka Mike Van der Brug) has been appointed Editor-in-Chief of Indago and the language editor for a popular magazine Culna… read more
Jan Andries Neethling | MSc
Appointed at the National Museum in 2015, Jan Andries Neethling is an Arachnologist in the Arachnida Department where he specializes in the taxonomy and… read more
Lizel Hugo-Coetzee | PhD
Lizel Hugo-Coetzee obtained her BSc, BSc Hons and MSc at the University of the Free State, majoring in Entomology. She obtained her PhD in Conservation Ecology at Stellenbosch University… read more
Dawid H. de Swardt | MSc
Dawie was appointed in 1988 as a Research Assistant in the Ornithology Department of the National Museum… read more
Toni Pretorius | B-Tech
Toni worked as an artist in the Design Department of the National Museum since 2015 to 2021. She holds a diploma in Fine Arts from the University of the Free State… read more
Jens Kriek | BA Hons.
Jens Kriek is the Senior Research Assistant of the Rock Art Department at the National Museum. He completed his BA (Hons.) in Archaeology at the University of Pretoria… read more
Hannes Haasbroek | PhD
Dr Hannes Haasbroek was Head of the History Department at the National Museum in Bloemfontein… read more
Buyisile Makhubo | MSc
Buyi completed a B.Sc. Hons. (Zoology) degree at University of the Free State (Qwaqwa Campus) in 2009 where she worked on a project focusing … read more
Yolanda de Kock | Masters Degree in Fine Arts
Yolanda is currently working at Oliewenhuis Art Museum as an Education Officer since 2012. She is with this position responsible to develop … read more
Shiona Moodley | MA
Shiona Moodley is the Head of the Rock Art Department at the National Museum. She is a graduate of the Rock Art Research Institute at the University of Witwatersrand… read more
Marianna Botes | PhD
Marianna started her career at the Free State Museum Services in 1982 and since 1987, has been a Researcher and Cultural Historian…read more
Gosiame “Amy” Goitsemodimo | BA Hons.
Amy joined the National Museum in 2008 as a Research Assistant in the Department of Archaeology and Anthropology…read more
Prof. Elfriede Dreyer |Extraordinary Professor in Visual Arts
Elfriede Dreyer was appointed as senior museum scientist at the Art Bank South Africa in August 2019 … read more
Louise Coetzee | PhD
Louise Coetzee (retired) was employed at the National Museum in the Acarology department from 1981 to 2016. During her long career at the museum she obtained an M.Sc Zoology and Ph.D. Zoology from the University of the Free State, … read more
Loudine Philip | MA
Loudine Philip left a successful career in Human Resource Management in 1996 to pursue a career in a lifelong interest, archaeology. After obtaining her BA degree (cum laude), majoring in Archaeology… read more
Jurie J. du Plessis | PhD
Jurie obtained a BSc (Entomology & Zoology) at the University of the Free State (UFS), Bloemfontein and obtained his BSc Hons (Zoology) at the Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University (NMMU)…. read more
Dr Brigette Cohen | PhD
Brigette Cohen works in the late Neogene of South Africa, studying fossils animal remains from a wide variety of sites up and down the country. … read more
Ashley H. Kirk-Spriggs | PhD
Ashley was head of the Entomology Department of the National Museum from 2008 to January 2019. He was awarded a PhD by Rhodes University, Grahamstown in April 2012… read more
Will Archer | PhD
Will Archer obtained Bachelors and Honours Degrees from the University of Cape Town, in addition to Masters degrees in both Environmental Law and Archaeology… read more
Gemma Hart l MA
Gemma Hart is a curator, writer and facilitator based in Johannesburg. She graduated with a Bachelor of Fine Arts, with distinction, from the University of the Witwatersrand (2016)… read more
Sudré Havenga | MA
Sudré completed her BA Honours degree in History at the University of the Free State and was appointed as Collections Manager of the History Department in November 1996… read more
Lloyd Rossouw | PhD
Lloyd Rossouw obtained his BA degree, majoring in Archaeology and Cultural Anthropology, and went on to receive training in southern African archaeology at Honours level at the University of Stellenbosch…read more
Gerda Coetzee | MA
Gerda joined the Archaeology and Anthropology department of the National Museum as a Conservator in September 2005…read more
Dr Cora Sabriel Stobie | PhD
Dr Cora SabrielStobie is a Senior Museum Scientist in the Herpetology Department at the National Museum. She started workingat the Museum in May2019. Cora obtained her PhD degree …read more
Elmarie van Rensburg| BSc Hons.
Elmarie obtained a BSc degree in Genetics and an Honours degree in Botany at the University of the Free State. She was appointed as Assistant Museum Scientist in the Botany Department in January 2011…read more
Aphiwe Kozana | BSc Hons.
Aphiwe obtained a BSc degree from the University of the Free State majoring in Botany and Zoology. She has a Honours degree in Botany (Molecular biology) and is currently doing a Master’s degree … read more
Burgert Muller | M.Sc
Burgert is a Senior Museum Scientist in the Department Terrestrial Invertebrates. His research interests are systematics, taxonomy, phylogeny and biogeography of true flies (Diptera)… read more
Andries Strauss | National Museum Publications
Andries Strauss started his research journey at the Grootfontein Agricultural College in 2002. His initial research projects included… read more
Dr Quinette Kruger | National Museum Publications
Quinette received her tertiary education at the University of the Free State. She started her career in human-wildlife conflict when she joined the … read more
Bontle Morwe | National Museum Publications
Bontle Morwe is a Mammalogist in the division Biodiversity Research at the Department of Economic, Small Business Development… read more
David L. Bergman | National Museum Publications
David L. Bergman is the State Director for the United States Department of Agriculture, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, Wildlife Services’ Arizona Program… read more
Dr Haemish Melville | National Museum Publications
Haemish Melville is a wildlife biologist working out of the Nature Conservation Programme of the Department of Environmental Sciences at UNISA… read more
Alistair Green | National Museum Publications
Alistair is a Scottish researcher who obtained his BSc. (Hons) in Zoology from the University of Glasgow and his MSc. in Wildlife Biology from Edinburgh Napier University… read more
Prof. HO de Waal | National Museum Publications
HO de Waal retired from the University of the Free State (UFS) in January 2017 but is still supervising postgraduate studies as an affiliated professor… read more
Sharon Holt | PhD
Sharon Holt obtained her BA degree, majoring in Archaeology and Anthropology, and completed an Honours degree at the University of Pretoria’s Archaeology Department. … read more
Beryl Wilson l McGregor Museum Kimberley
Beryl is a Research Associate at McGregor Museum (P.O. Box 316, Kimberley 8300, South Africa). Her major job functions at the Museum … read more
Oladayo Idris l PhD
Dr Oladayo A. Idris has been appointed as Collections Manager for Botany in the Department of Animal and Plant Systematics … read more
Ashraf Jamal
ASHRAF JAMAL is Writer-researcher for ArtBankSA, and a research associate at VIAD, University of Johannesburg… read more
Dr Liora Horwitz l Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Dr Liora Kolska Horwitz is a freelance zooarchaeologist affiliated with the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, and… read more
Munyaradzi Mushonga l PHD
Dr Mushongwa is the Programme Director for Africa Studies, Centre for Gender and Africa Studies, University of the Free State… read more
Aluwani Nengovhela | PhD
Aluwani Nengovhela obtained her professional degree BSc (Environmental Management) and MSc (Environmental Sciences) at the University of Venda. read more