
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

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

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

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

Ronnie Watt | PhD
Dr Ronnie Watt is a ceramics art historian, research associate of the School of the Arts (Visual Arts) at the University of Pretoria in South Africa … 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

Zingisile Mbo | MSc
Zingisile Mbo joined the National Museum in 2023. He has worked across the Ornithology and Animal and… 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