List of keepers of the British Museum

Keepers of Africa, Oceania and the Americas

• 1953–1969: Adrian Digby
• 1969–1974: William Buller Fagg
• 1974–1990: Malcolm McLeod
• 1991–2004: John Mack
• 1005-2012: J. C. H. King
• 2012–present: Lissant Bolton

  Keepers of Ancient Egypt and Sudan

• 1893–1924: E. A. Wallis Budge
• 1924–1930: Henry Hall
• 1931–1948: Sidney Smith
• 1955–1974: I. E. S. Edwards
• 1974–1988: T. G. H. James
• 1988–2011: Vivian Davies
• 2012–present: Neal Spencer

  Keepers of Asia

• 1946–1969: Basil Gray
• 1987–1994: Jessica Rawson
• 1994–2006: Robert Knox
• 2006–2014: Jan Stuart
• 2014–present: Jane Portal

  Keepers of Japanese Antiquities

• 1987–1997: Lawrence R. H. Smith
• 1997–2003: Victor Harris

  Keepers of Britain, Europe and Prehistory

• 2003–2007: Leslie Webster
• 2012–2015: Roger Bland
• 2015–present: Jill Cook

  Keepers of British and Medieval Antiquities

• 1866–1896: Augustus Wollaston Franks
• 1896–1921: Sir Charles Hercules Read
• 1921–1928: Ormonde Maddock Dalton

  Keepers of Prehistoric and Romano-British Antiquities

• 1973–1995: Ian Heaps Longworth
• 1995–2000: Timothy W. Potter

  Keepers of Medieval and Later Antiquities

• 1975–1998: Neil Stratford

  Keepers of Coins and Medals

• 1861–1870: William Sandys Wright Vaux
• 1870–1893: Reginald Stuart Poole
• 1893–1906: Barclay V. Head
• 1906–1912: Herbert Appold Grueber
• 1912–1931: George Francis Hill
• 1931–1949: John Allan
• 1952–1964: John Walker
• 1965–1978: G. Kenneth Jenkins
• 1978–1983: Robert Carson
• 1983–1990: John Kent
• 1992–2003: Andrew Burnett
• 2003–2010: Joe Cribb
• 2010–present: Philip Attwood

  Keepers of Conservation

• 1975–1979: Harold Barker; Keeper of Conservation and Technical Services
• 1985–2002: Andrew Oddy; Keeper of Conservation
• 2002–2005: Sheridan Bowman; Keeper of Conservation, Documentation and Science
• 2005–2015: David Saunders; Keeper of Conservation and Scientific Research

  Keepers of Greece and Rome

• 1861–1885: Charles Thomas Newton
• 1886–1904: Alexander Stuart Murray
• 1904–1909: Cecil Harcourt Smith
• 1909–1925: Arthur Smith
• 1925–1932: Henry Beauchamp Walters
• 1932–1936: John Forsdyke
• 1936–1939: Frederick N. Pryce
• 1939–1956: Bernard Ashmole
• 1956–1976: D. E. L. Haynes
• 1976–1993: Brian Cook
• 1993–2007: Dyfri Williams
• 2007–present: Lesley Fitton

  Keepers of the Middle East

• 1974–1983: Edmond Sollberger
• 1985–1989: Terence Croft Mitchell
• 1989–2011: John Curtis
• current: Jonathan N. Tubb

  Keepers of Portable Antiquities and Treasure

• 2005–2013: Roger Bland

  Keepers of Prints and Drawings

• 1833–1836: William Young Ottley
• 1836–1845: Henry Josi
• 1845–1866: William Hookham Carpenter
• 1866–1883: George William Reid
• 1883–1912: Sidney Colvin
• 1912–1932: Campbell Dodgson
• 1933–1945: Arthur Mayger Hind
• 1945–1954: Arthur E. Popham
• 1954–1973: Edward Croft-Murray
• 1973–1981: John Gere
• 1981–1991: John Rowlands
• 1991–2011: Antony Griffiths
• 2011–present: Hugo Chapman