Staff

The work of the department is supported by a team of Museum Assistants and administrative staff.

Curatorial staff:

Silke Ackermann
Curator
European and Islamic scientific instruments, Arms & Armour (late medieval and post-medieval), Measurement

Barry Ager
Curator, Continental Early Medieval Collection
Early Medieval European archaeology (Continent and Scandinavia)

Nick Ashton
Curator of Palaeolithic and Mesolithic collections
Palaeolithic and Mesolithic collections

Aileen Dawson
Curator, post-medieval collections (1660-1800)
Europe 1660-1800

Paul Buck
Curator, horological collections
Especially
Blackforest, French provincial and American clocks

Jill Cook
Deputy Keeper
Palaeolithic and Mesolithic material

Chris Entwistle
Curator
Late Antiquity (eastern Mediterranean); Byzantium; Icons

Richard Hobbs
Curator, Romano-British Collections
Roman Britain

Ralph Jackson
Curator of Romano-British Collections
Roman Britain

Jody Joy
Curator, British and European Iron Age Collections
Iron Age Britain and Europe

Sem Longhurst
Curator
Ethnographic textiles from Europe, the Middle East and Asia; nineteenth century onwards

Sonja Marzinzik
Curator, Insular Early Medieval Collections
The Anglo-Saxon, Medieval Celtic and Viking Collections of the British Isles

Bet McLeod
Curator
Medieval Collection

Maureen Mellor
Curator, Late medieval Europe
Late medieval ceramics

Ben Roberts
Curator, European Bronze Age
Bronze Age Europe

James Robinson
Curator
Late medieval Europe

Judy Rudoe
Curator
Nineteenth and twentieth century collections; jewellery, silver, engraved gems from 1660; textiles and other East European/Balkan collections from the former department of Ethnography

David Thompson
Curator, Horological Collections
Horological collections

Dora Thornton
Curator, Renaissance Collections and the Waddesdon Bequest
Renaissance European culture

Gillian Varndell
Curator, Neolithic Collections
Neolithic of Britain and Europe

Jonathan Williams
Keeper