Congratulations to the winners of our Halloween Competition - a very big thank you to
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The KZN Museum in collaboration withย Scifest Africaย will be hosting a FREE webinar on "The Necessity For Essential Oils" next week Thurs...
Now that word is getting out about our Enviro Reach Programme, the KZN Museum is able to extend its reach to new areas due to the demand from school...
Due to the upcoming Easter weekend, please be advised that the Museum will close at 11h00 am on Thursday, 1 April 2021. The Museum will resume norma...
Mr Kenny Vusi Xaba, or fondly known as Baba Kenny or Shwabada arrived at the KZN Museum in 1999. He has been part of the many changes that have been...
Hamba Kahle Ndabezitha Today, as we say farewell to King Goodwill Zwelithini kaBhekuzulu, we remember him and the line of Zulu Kings who came befor...
ย ย In honour of His Majesty King Goodwill Zwelithini kaBhekuzulu, the KwaZulu-Natal Museum management has taken a decision to close the Museum to...
In celebration of library week 2021, the KwaZulu-Natal Museum hosted a reading session, as well as donated books to local schools from the Pie...
#Didyouknow that the KwaZulu-Natal Museum is home to one of South Africaโs largest specialist research libraries? The library has ste...
March 15 marks the commencement of South African Library Week. The initiative celebrates the important role libraries play, in creating learning...
๐๐ป ๐บ๐ฒ๐บ๐ผ๐ฟ๐ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐๐ผ๐ผ๐ฑ๐๐ถ๐น๐น ๐ญ๐๐ฒ๐น๐ถ๐๐ต๐ถ๐ป๐ถ ๐ธ๐ฎ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐ธ๐๐๐๐น๐ (๐ญ๐ต๐ฐ๐ด-๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ญ) We are saddened by his passing and our deepest sympathies go to the Roy...
"Holding history in her hands" Today the Maritzburg Sun published an article about Chiara Singh, one of the interns in the Department of Human Scie...
Once lost but now found: a rare snake and endemic to South Africa Montaspis gilvomuculata This rare cream-spotted snake is endemic to the Drakensbe...
THE DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SCIENCES GROWS FOR 2021 The Department of Human Sciences has seen a significant influx of volunteers, interns, and supervised...
The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic has had a devastating impact on South Africaโs education system, which is evident from a 5.1% drop in the matric pass ...
Weโre kicking off Human Rights month with a bang! . . . Today marks the 8th annual celebration of Zero Discrimination day. This is an initiative...
We have regular requests from many scientists to examine specimens in our collections. It is often preferable to send photographs to scientists instea...
On Friday 12th of February 2021, the KwaZulu-Natal Museum in conjunction with a local group called, Blue Birds, organised a canoeing coaching clinic...
Today we highlight Chiara Singh, an archaeology intern at the KZN Museumโs Human Sciences department. Chiara is part of the 30 interns employed at t...
I love my job because I am a peopleโs person and I love being challenged, being at the front desk gives me the opportunity to interact with differen...
Fieldwork in the Groot Winterhoek Mountains, Eastern Cape Province ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย Dr Ghilraen Laue of the Human...
The Exhibitions department regularly measures temperatures, light and relative humidity in the galleries to provide a representation of the environmen...
๐๐ถ๐ฟ๐๐ ๐๐ป๐ป๐ผ๐๐ป๐ฐ๐ฒ๐บ๐ฒ๐ป๐: ๐๐ฎ๐น๐น ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐๐ ๐ฝ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป ๐ผ๐ณ ๐๐ป๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐๐Nomanslandโs Past in Paint, Stone, Iron, and PaperSymposium, KwaZulu-Natal Museum, 5-9 December 202...
As part of the ongoing upgrades in the KwaZulu-Natal Museum, the pillars at our reception is getting a new look. Clayton Flanagan who is one of ...
Because of the ongoing global pandemic, the KwaZulu-Natal Museum took the initiative to put up relevant and informative signs in the courtyard area ...
The KwaZulu-Natal Museum follows strict Covid19 regulations, among other things, no mask no entry. Weโve even gone to the extent of instilling thi...
In order for the world to better understand climatic changes, things like Species Distribution Models (SMDs) are mostly used to understand what we cal...
Introducing our Marketing Intern, ๐ข๐ป๐ด๐ฒ๐๐ถ๐๐ฒ ๐๐ฎ๐บ๐ผ๐๐ถ.Ongeziwe is learning about museum marketing and online content development.๐ข๐ป๐ด๐ฒ๐๐ถ๐๐ฒ ๐ถ๐ ๐ฝ๐ฎ๐๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป๐ฎ๐๐ฒ ๐ฎ๐ฏ...
After being closed from Thursday the 7th of January 2021 due to deep cleaning and sanitization, The KwaZulu-Natal Museum is now open. We ...
PLEASE NOTE THAT THE KWAZULU-NATAL MUSEUM IS CURRENTLY CLOSED FOR SANITIZATION DUE TO COVID-19 WE WILL REOPEN ON MONDAY, 11 JANUARY 2021 WE APOL...
๐ก๐ฒ๐ ๐ถ๐ป๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ป ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐ผ๐๐ฟ ๐ ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ธ๐ฒ๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐๐ฒ๐ฝ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐๐บ๐ฒ๐ป๐Introducing our Digital Marketing Intern, Ronelle Ambrose, who is responsible for producing creative, promotion...
We are happy to officially open to the public as of the 4th of January 2021. We canโt wait to see you back in the Museum immersing yourself in our bea...
Our 2021 calendars have become so popular and are being received well by the public. We now only have a limited number left. Be sure to come a...
We are officially closed from today and will open our doors to the public on the 4 January 2021, from 09h00 to 15h30.ย ๐ง๐ต๐ฎ๐ป๐ธ ๐๐ผ๐ ๐๐ผ ๐ฒ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐๐ผ๐ป๐ฒ ๐๐ต๐ผ ๐๐...
We will be officially closed from the 23 December 2020 and will reopen to the public on the 4 January 2021, from 09h00 to 15h30. Please not...
The arrival of summer is usually a time for increased fieldwork in the Natural Sciences Department and this year was no different, despite COIVD regul...
Annual Intervention into the Human Sciences Collections For the 2020 intervention into the Human Sciences (DHS) Collections, a specialist object cons...
Asanda Ntshingila is one of the new marketing interns at the KZN Museum as part of a 12 month ย Cathsseta internship. This internship is a programme de...
Chief Education Officer for Outreach, Marsha Kalika, will be presenting a webinar session on the 7 December at 2pm, as part of her school science ...
The KZN Museum has employed 30 interns as part of the Presidential Employment Stimulus Programme, for a period of two months.ย The Presidential Employm...
On 1 December 1838, slaves were emancipated at the Cape Colony in South Africa. Some 39,000 slaves were freed from the system of โapprenticeshipโ. Whi...
The theme for this yearโs World AIDS Day is โglobal solidarity, shared responsibilityโ. Antรณnio Guterres, the Secretary-General of the United Na...
Did you know that today marks the 116th anniversary of the KwaZulu-Natal Museum official opening? Yes, you heard right 116 YEARS, sounds old ...
๐ฉ๐ถ๐๐ถ๐ ๐๐ผ ๐๐บ๐ฎ๐๐๐ถ: ๐ฆ๐ผ๐๐๐ต ๐๐ณ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ป ๐ ๐๐๐ฒ๐๐บ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐๐ถ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐๐๐ฟ๐ฒ In early November of 2020, staff from the KwaZulu-Natal Museum (KZN Museum) visited A...
During the national lockdown, most institutions did not allow access to their buildings. This meant that collections at these institutions were not ...
Behind the Wire is a temporary exhibition at the KwaZulu-Natal Museum and explores civilian internment in the British Empire from 1914 โ 1919, t...
Congratulations to the winners of our Halloween Competition - a very big thank you to KC's Butter Biscuits for the very generous sponsorship of ...
The KZN Museum honours the South African Indian community in a gallery that celebrates its rich and diverse Indian culture. The gallery tells th...
New Tarantula (Ceratogyrus attonitifer) Horn-Like Spider Craft ย Materials 5x Brown Pipe Cleaners Black & Yellow Beads Googly Eyes Hot Glue...
Archival Work at the Killie Campbell Africana Library With the reopening of public institutions after the Covid-19 lockdown, Angela Ferreira of the A...
On Tuesday 06th October, Justine Wintjes and Ghilraen Laue of the Human Sciences Department, KwaZulu-Natal Museum and Jeremy Hollmann, Research Associ...
The storytelling festival was a success and all the schools that were visited were very happy to be part of the program. The Museum visited Nkanyezini...
Between 1981 and 1997, the marine mollusc collection of the KwaZulu-Natal Museum was expanded significantly in the number and diversity of specimens. ...
Companionย Planting Companion planting is growing different crops within close proximity of each other whereby, the plants have the ability to complem...
๐ง๐ ๐ป๐๐ค ๐ค๐๐ข๐๐ ๐ฆ๐๐ข ๐๐๐๐ ๐ก๐ ๐ค๐๐ ๐ ๐๐๐ฅ ๐๐ ๐กโ๐๐ ๐ ๐๐๐๐ง๐๐๐ ๐ป๐๐๐๐๐ค๐๐๐ ๐ก๐๐๐๐ก๐ ? ๐๐ป๐ฎ All you need to do in order to win 1 of 3 Halloween Boxes is visit the KZN M...
Awesome new 'pop up exhibition' on Dinosaurs - outside the Museum. For now - we are only open on the weekdays, Monday to Friday from 9h00...
We are thrilled to finally open to the public as of the 1st of October 2020. After being closed since the beginning of lockdown in March and we ...
The KwaZulu Natal Museum launched a Storytelling Festival for primary schools for the month of October. Siboniso Gcumisa, the Museumโs โHerit...
After six months of lockdown a team from the Human Sciences Department, KwaZulu-Natal Museum, along with Jeremy Hollmann, Research Associate at the Ro...
This is an example of an object used among Yoruba communities of Nigeria. It is a shrine dedicated to Ori, a deity of fate, control of which resides...
It is easy to turn cowries into beads by piercing a hole in their upper side. This carved wooden figure on display in the Kwa...
Money cowries, a transoceanic heritage โ part 4 In West Africa money cowries were a kind of currency, but they also served as a mater...
South African Living treasures are part of our heritage. The KwaZulu-Natal Museum in collaboration with grade 7 learners from Dindi Primary School c...
๐ ๐ผ๐ป๐ฒ๐ ๐ฐ๐ผ๐๐ฟ๐ถ๐ฒ๐, ๐ฎ ๐๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ป๐๐ผ๐ฐ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ป๐ถ๐ฐ ๐ต๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ถ๐๐ฎ๐ด๐ฒ โ ๐ฝ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ ๐ฏ At the mouth of the Mzikaba River in the Eastern Cape lies the remains of an old shipwreck. Geoff H...
๐ ๐ผ๐ป๐ฒ๐ ๐ฐ๐ผ๐๐ฟ๐ถ๐ฒ๐, ๐ฎ ๐๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ป๐๐ผ๐ฐ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ป๐ถ๐ฐ ๐ต๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ถ๐๐ฎ๐ด๐ฒ โ ๐ฝ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ ๐ฎ The shells of money cowries are natural objects transformed into objects of cultural significance. ...
Indigenous plants are part of our South African Heritage. This Heritage month the KwaZulu-Natal Museum in partnership withย Duzi-uMngeni Conservation...
๐ ๐ผ๐ป๐ฒ๐ ๐ฐ๐ผ๐๐ฟ๐ถ๐ฒ๐, ๐ฎ ๐๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ป๐๐ผ๐ฐ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ป๐ถ๐ฐ ๐ต๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ถ๐๐ฎ๐ด๐ฒ! Money cowries are tropical sea snails (Monetaria moneta). They have delicate lace-like bodies that are prot...
Due to the restrictions imposed by covid-19, in-person conferences have not been able to take place this year.ย The European Association of Forensic...
KZN Museum has partnered with the Upper West Side Community Group, Duzi-uMngeni Conservation Trust and Project Gateway in the Camps Drift Spring...
#arbourday competition winners popped by the Museum to collect their prizes! Happy planting to all of them. They each took away a tray of spi...
In response to our outreach program withย St. Nicholas Diocesan Schoolย for Arbour Week, we are very pleased to be able to share with yo...
๐ช๐ถ๐ป๐ป๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐ฟ๐ฏ๐ผ๐๐ฟ ๐ช๐ฒ๐ฒ๐ธ ๐ฐ๐ผ๐บ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐๐ถ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฒ: ๐๐ฌ๐ญ ๐๐ฅ๐๐๐ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ง๐ง๐๐ซ Owen Haarhoff Owen made a coral tree, his research, creativity and design wa...
Portulacaria afra - propagating Spekboom Spekboom is an indigenous evergreen that is versatile and valuable to humans and plants as its benefits are ...
We are so excited to announce that our Chief Education Officer (outreach), Marsha Kalika is a speaker on this webinar hosted by Scifest Africa, ...
We may not be officially open to the public yet but there is always something new to see at the KZN Museum! Outside the Museum we have a 'pop up e...
๐๐ญ๐ก ๐ ๐๐๐ฒ๐๐บ ๐๐ฟ๐ฏ๐ผ๐๐ฟ ๐ช๐ฒ๐ฒ๐ธ ๐๐ผ๐บ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐๐ถ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป National Arbour Week 2020 will be celebrated from 31 August - 4 September and here at the KZN Museum we are cele...
Seed Bombs โ โThrow and Growโย A seed bomb is a ball made up of a combination of clay, earth, seeds and water. The clay earth mixture protects the ...
The KZN Museum remains closed to the public (for now), but our staff are still hard at work. ๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐ก ๐๐ ๐กโ๐ ๐๐๐, ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ก ๐๐ก'๐ ๐๐ข๐ ๐ก ๐ ๐...