KwaZulu-Natal Museum is a popular tourist and educational
amenity and acclaimed centre of scholarly research, offers thousands of
visitors a feast of attractive, modern and user friendly displays. The KZN
Museum is dedicated to increasing understanding of the history of mankind in
south-eastern Africa and of the natural world, through the collection, study
and display of real objects. The Museum opened its doors on 30 November 1904 and
is now home to several of South Africa's most important heritage collections.
The collections are of international renown, and feature regional archaeology,
African cultural products, European settler history, seashells, insects and
other forms of animal life. The KZN Museum is proud to be the custodian of one
of the most important collections of Zulu craft objects. The largest national
Museum in KwaZulu-Natal, this Museum is dedicated to the collection,
preservation, study and exhibition of objects of cultural and scientific value,
concentrating on both the Natural and Human Sciences. The exhibition galleries
are continually being upgraded to make the museum even more effective and
enjoyable.
