The Iziko natural science

collections

Collection Specify

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Entomology 336 118 0 592 336 710

Herpetology 13 965 0 0 13 965

Ichthyology 23 515 0 23 515

Invertebrate Palaeontology 21 235 10 805 0 32 040

Invertebrate Zoology (MB) 66 758 19 812 1 916 88 486

Mammalogy 12 671 0 0 12 671

Ornithology 18 580 0 0 18 580

Palaeobotany 2 378 0 0 2 378

Palaeobotany Wood 2 857 0 0 2 857

Rocks, Meteorites, Diamonds 3 933 8 433 0 12 366

Vert. Palaeo. - Cenozoic 59 139 43 822 3 265 106 226

Taphonomy 42 274 0 0 42 274

Vert. Palaeo. - Karoo 8 138 24 86 8 248

Total 611 561 82 896 5 859 700 316

Iziko Natural Science Collections:

Catalogued objects as on 31 Mar 2017

Andrew Smith

1825-1837 Edgar Layard

1855-1872 Roland Trimen

1872-1895 William Sclater

1896-1906 Louis Péringuey

1906-1924

E Leonard Gill

1925-1942 Keppel Barnard

1942-1956 Alfred Crompton

1956-1964 Thomas Barry

1964-1984

Michael Cluver

1984-2000

Henry Bredekamp

2003-2010

Directors

of the

South

African

Museum

CEOs of

Iziko

Museums

of South

Africa

Jack Lohman

2000-2002

Rooksana Omar

2010-present

The Scramble for Africa –

The Berlin Conference of 1884–85