Alba Letts

Alba has worked in the arts, culture and heritage sector for the past 23 years, with 21 years experience in senior and executive positions in this sector. Through her commitment to using arts, culture and heritage as a means to build social cohesion, she has been instrumental in addressing historical imbalances through the development and promotion of museums as well as the planning, design and opening of new museums in South Africa. Throughout her career, she has served on various Boards of Directors and reported to multiple stakeholders, including various structures representing the public at large. This developed in her a passionately transformational mindset - her move to MOTAT was driven by an interest to utilise her skills and experience to contribute positively to MOTAT’s transition from “a collection of things” to a “lightbulb institution”.

Alba is responsible for the Collection Hub which covers Collection Development, Storage, Conservation, Workshops (restorations and maintaining operational collections), Heritage Buildings and the Walsh Memorial Library. The focus of this hub is to ensure MOTAT cares for, develops and increases access to its diverse collection.