• history of the south african museum
• key dates in the history of the south african museum
• directors of the south african museum
• history of the terrestrial invertebrate collection
• james drury - taxidermist

see also:

• Out of Africa there is always something new  by J.A. van den Heever
• Growth of a Collection (Ethnology Collection)  by E. M.Shaw

Directors of the South African Museum

• Andrew Smith - First Superintendant of the Museum, 1825-1837
• Edgar Leopold Layard - Curator of the South African Museum, 1855-1872
• Roland Trimen - Curator of the South African Museum, 1872-1895
• William Lutley Sclater - Director of the South African Museum,1896-1906
• Louis Albert Péringuey - Director of the South African Museum, 1906- 1924
• Edwin Leonard Gill - Director of the South African Museum, 1925-1942
• Kepple Harcourt Barnard - Director of the South African Museum, 1942-1956
• Alfred Walter Crompton -Director of the South African Museum, 1956-1964
• Thomas Henry Barry - Director of the South African Museum, 1964 - 1984
• Michael A Cluver - Director of the South African Museum 1984 -