# List of keepers and curators of the Yorkshire Museum

The keepers, curators, and honorary curators of the Yorkshire Museum are responsible for curation of the museum's collection.

## History of the role

The keepers are professional curators and related academics. When the museum was founded there was one Keeper of the museum supported by the Sub-Curator and various Honorary Curators. The last Keeper of the Museum was George Willmot in 1970, after which time each department in the museum had its own keeper and the museum was run by one curator. Since the founding of York Museums Trust in 2002, each department has been led by a curator and there is no longer a role of keeper.
Keepers and Curators of the Yorkshire Museum :
| Name | Title | Dates in Post |
| John Phillips | Keeper of the museum | 1826–1844 |
| Henry Baines | Sub-Curator | 1829–1870 |
| William Hincks | Curator of Botany | 1827–1838 |
| Charles Wellbeloved | Honorary Curator of Antiquities | 1823–1858 |
| Thomas Allis | Honorary Curator of Ornithology Honorary Curator of Comparative Anatomy | 1835–1839 1839–1875 |
| Edward Charlesworth | Keeper of the museum | 1844–1858 |
| William Hey | Honorary Curator of Insects and Crustacea | 1850-1882 |
| John Kenrick | Honorary Curator of Library and Manuscripts Honorary Curator of Antiquities | 1850-1856 1856-1878 |
| William Dallas | Keeper of the museum | 1858–1868 |
| Charles Wakefield | Keeper of the museum, Honorary Curator of Numismatics | 1870–1878 |
| Rev Canon James Raine | Honorary Curator of Antiquities | 1873–1896 |
| Wilfred Hudleston Hudleston | Honorary Curator of Mineralogy | 1877-1907 |
| John-Clay Purves | Keeper of the museum | 1878–1880 |
| Walter Keeping | Keeper of the museum | 1880–1883 |
| Henry Maurice Platnauer | Keeper of the museum | 1883–1904 |
| Oxley Grabham | Keeper of the museum | 1904–1919 |
| George Benson | Honorary Curator of Archaeology Honorary Curator of Numismatics | 1918-1924 |
| Thomas Boynton | Honorary Curator of Antiquities | d.1919 |
| Walter Harvey Brook | Honorary Curator of Medieval Architecture | Early 20th Century |
| William Herbert St Quintin | Honorary Curator of Zoology | 1922–1931 |
| Walter Edward Collinge | Keeper of the museum | 1921–1940 |
| Reginald Wagstaffe | Keeper of the museum | 1940–1950 |
| Mary Kitson Clark | Honorary Curator of Roman Antiquities | 1941–1943 |
| Walter Douglas Hincks | Honorary Curator of Entomology (excluding lepidoptera) | 1942–1947 |
| George Willmot | Keeper of the museum | 1950–1970 |
| Colin Simms | Keeper of Biology | 1964–1982 |
| Barbara Pyrah | Keeper of Geology | 1968–1988 |
| Allen Butterworth | Keeper | 1970–1974 |
| Elizabeth Hartley | Keeper of Archaeology | 1971–2007 |
| Michael Clegg | Curator | 1974–1982 |
| Paul Howard | Keeper of Biology | 1980s–1990s |
| Terence Suthers | Curator, Director | 1983–1987 |
| Janetta Lambert | Keeper of Biology | c.1984 |
| Melinda Mays | Numismatist | 1984–? |
| Brian Hayton | Curator (latterly County Museums Officer) | 1987–? |
| Martin Lunn | Honorary Curator of Astronomy Assistant Curator of Astronomy and Scientific Instruments (after 2002) | 1989-2011 |
| Paul Ensom | Keeper of Geology | 1989-1997 |
| Andrew Morrison | Curator of Archaeology Head of Collections | 2006–2014 |
| Camilla Nichol | Curator of Geology | Around 2007 |
| Isla Gladstone | Curator of Natural Sciences | 2009–2013 |
| Natalie Buy | Curator of Archaeology | 2014–2017 |
| Andrew Woods | Curator of Numismatics Senior Curator | 2013–2017 (as Curator of Numismatics) 2017–present (as Senior Curator) |