Visiting Researchers from the University of Johannesburg In early June the KwaZulu-Natal Museum, Human Sciences Department, welcomed University of Jo...
The KwaZulu-Natal Museum presents Night at the Museum. So much to see including live snake shows! Loads of activities: archaeological exc...
RECAP: One of the mandates for the Natural Science Department, is to publish its collections data that fall under its umbrella to the free access data...
Archaeoacoustic project in the uKhahlamba-Drakensberg Park Recently, Dr Ghilraen Laue, Human Sciences Department, Kwazulu-Natal Museum, joined the ER...
Just out: the book Archives of Times Past ย A book titled Archives of Times Past: conversations about South Africaโs deepย history, edited by Cynth...
Chemists, druggists, and theatrics: a new donation for the KwaZulu-Natal Museum ย Mr. Coyne holding one of the items donated: the โDispensing Deptโ si...
INVITATION TO SMEs TO SUBMIT THEIR COMPANY PROFILES KwaZulu-Natal Museumโs procurement operations are governed in accordance with the Public Finance ...
From the 28th April to the 8th May a training course in Taxonomy and Systematics of African Pollinating flies was held at Shawswood in Karkloof, KZN. ...
The KZN Museum will be celebrating Africa Day on the 25th May 2022 from 9am โ 12:00 pm. The first part of the celebrations includes a lecture on Afric...
Every year we celebrate International Museum Day on the 18 May! This year the focus is on "Museums have the power to transform the world around us." ...
In June 2019 the Museum hosted two interns in the department of Natural Sciences (Malacology) in partnership with CATHSSETA. In their first week of a...
A visit to Patricia Vinnicombeโs childhood home "My main aim has been to demonstrate that the Bushman rock paintings are concerned not so much with t...
KZN Museum celebrated World Book and Copyright Day by launching a reading corner at the Learners Resource Centre.ย Special thanks to guest sp...
Happy World Book and Copyright Day! ๐๐ Created by UNESCO on 23rd April 1995, World Book Day is a worldwide celebration, promoting the enjoyme...
THE PUBLIC IS INVITED TO ATTEND as we celebrate World Book and Copyright Day by launching a reading corner at the KZN Museum. Join us this c...
๐ฃ๐น๐ฒ๐ฎ๐๐ฒ ๐๐ฎ๐ธ๐ฒ ๐ป๐ผ๐๐ฒ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ ๐๐๐ฒ๐๐บ ๐ต๐ผ๐๐ฟ๐ ๐ผ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐๐ต๐ถ๐ ๐ณ๐ฒ๐๐๐ถ๐๐ฒ ๐๐ฒ๐ฒ๐ธ๐ฒ๐ป๐ฑ. Wishing you and your loved ones a peaceful long weekend. Stay safe. ...
Thomas Niel Huffman 17 July 1944 โ 30 March 2022 Thomas (Tom) Huffman, professor emeritus of archaeology at Wits University, died yesterday at hom...
The KwaZulu-Natal Museum presents, "๐ฆ๐ป๐ฎ๐ธ๐ฒ๐ ๐ฎ๐ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ ๐๐๐ฒ๐๐บ: ๐ ๐๐ถ๐๐ฒ ๐ฆ๐ต๐ผ๐ ๐๐ถ๐๐ต ๐ก๐ถ๐ฐ๐ธ ๐๐๐ฎ๐ป๐." Be captivated by master snake handler, Nick Evans- Snake Re...
More than 190 presentations on the subjects of โProtected Areas and Conservationโ, โCommunities & Livelihoods Governance, Agriculture and Tourismโ, โB...
KZNM at the Southern African Mountain conference! Last week was held the first Southern African Mountain Conference, ground-breaking in its attempt t...
Library Week celebrations continued at the KZN Museum with a reading session attended by Esigodini Primary School. The reading session focused on th...
Human Rights Month commemorations kicked off at the KZN Museum with the "I am the flag campaign", an initiative that aims at nation-building and soc...
Continued Fieldwork in the Groot Winterhoek Mountains, Eastern Cape Province In late 2021 Dr Ghilraen Laue of the Human Sciences Department at the KZ...
Visit the KZN Museum this week as we #reimagine #repurpose and #rediscover libraries! Pick up a book of your choice at no cost and leave a book or t...
What sugarcane has to do with the KZN Museum? By Matabaro Ziganira One might expect that agricultural crops such as sugarcane is solely a business o...
School holidays are just around the corner and the KZN Museum Holiday Programme couldn't have come any sooner!We are bringing you another instalment...
Celebrating International Women's Day by raising awareness about women's equality and recognising the contributions of women and girls around the worl...
This is the last week to be a part of the KZN Museum book drive, donate your pre-loved books at the Museum or at any of the selected drop-off points...
Grade 6 & 7 learners from Willowfontein Intermediate School paid a visit to the KZN Museum for formal lessons on Photosynthesis and Biodiversity res...
Outbreak: Epidemics in a Connected World exhibition is finally here. The temporary exhibition explores Emerging Infectious Diseases and Pande...
After a long period of being closed due to maintenance, we welcome back three of the KZN Museum's most popular attractions, the Sounds of Africa Galle...
After a long period of being closed due to maintenance, we welcome back three of the KZN Museum's most popular attractions, the Sounds of Africa Gal...
School holidays are just around the corner and the KZN Museum Holiday Programme couldn't have come any sooner! We are bringing you another inst...
Here are some interesting facts about South African languages: 1. South Africa has 11 official languages and ranks 3rd behind Zimbabwe (16) a...
Sifundisa ngokubaluleka kwemisundu kwa Swayimane Dr Thembeka Nxele Abazukulu bakwagogo Khanyile bafunda amabanga aphansi, omdadlana ufunda ibanga le...
On this day in 1990, former President Nelson Mandela is released from Victor Verster prison following 27 years of imprisonment.The release of Nelson M...
The KwaZulu-Natal Museum invites members of the public to participate in the KZN Museum Book Drive and donate any unwanted and pre-loved books to th...
The KZN Museum's three-part ScifestaAfrica interactive learning workshops came to an end on Friday the 4th of February 2022 with a lesson on Micro...
World Read Aloud Day celebrations continued on Thursday, 3 February with the KwaZulu-Natal Museum's Education Outreach Team along with the Museum's Li...
The KZN Museum's Education Outreach team has developed two new LFSE Teaching Aids which include the DNA molecule, complimenting the RNA taught in th...
The KwaZulu-Natal Museum welcomes 5 new CATHSSETA Interns who will be at the museum for the next 12 months. Joining the team is Gugulethu Khuzwayo...
At the end of November 2021, a group of scientists from around South Africa met on the south coast of KwaZulu-Natal to determine the distribution of s...
Birds, cloves and baskets A new donation! The Human Sciences Department of the KwaZulu-Natal Museum is excited to announce the donation of 160 new i...
Siya Zamisa (Research Technician) in the Naturalย Science department shares some insight into some of what he does in his job. One of the most importa...
Season's greetings! Best wishes for a peaceful festive season and a wonderful and safe 2022!
The KwaZulu-Natal Museum would like to extend a token of gratitude to three members of staff, who have served the museum diligently over the years and...
Today we celebrate a day that symbolises peace, unity and togetherness. Happy Day of Reconciliation South Africa! ๐ฟ๐ฆย "The Year of Charlotte Maxeke...
A field trip to Umtamvuna Nature Reserve on the south coast in October yielded an interesting find.ย A horse fly specimen was collected that was last ...
In a first for the KwaZulu-Natal Museum, the museum's Education Department staged an event celebrating International Day of Persons with Disabilitie...
Dr John Midgley, Assistant Director of Natural Science, has recently returned from teaching the Third Training Course in Taxonomy and Systematics of A...
KZN Museum staff stand united against gender based violence. #gbv #genderbasedviolence #southafrica #women #genderequality #domesticviolence ...
Invitation to a public lecture by Dr Martin Hauser on "Why flies are fantastic!" on 2 December 2021 - 11am at the KZN Museum. Dr Martin Hauser is Seni...
Throughout the year, the technical staff of the natural science department conduct regular surveys to assess the existing situation of the specimens i...
Opening of Isivivane, an art installation by Mohau Modisakeng and UKZNโs Centre for Visual Arts at the KwaZulu-Natal Museum, 25 November 2021, 6.30 ...
Fieldwork in the Waterberg, Limpopo Province Guilhelm Mauran, Ghilraen Laue, Lyn Wadley, Christine Sievers, Wim Biemond, Doreen Versfeld in Kaingo ...
Cell C Take a Girl Child to Work Day continued with part 2. The guest speaker was Ntokozo Tono, a masters student in Sociology from UKZN and h...
Two new interns thanks to the DSI and HSRC! The KwaZulu-Natal Museum is overjoyed to have two interns funded for two years by the DSI-HSRC Internship...
Rescue excavation of an Early Iron Age site near Umkomaas Excavation tea time: The excavation trench showing the shell layer and the partially exca...
ย ย Congratulations to our very own Siyabonga Zamisa (Research Technician: Database) for winning best Novice Speaker at the 85thย South African Mus...
๐๐ถ๐ฟ๐๐ ๐บ๐ผ๐น๐น๐๐๐ฐ ๐๐๐ฝ๐ฒ ๐๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ฐ๐ถ๐บ๐ฒ๐ป ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฐ๐ผ๐ฟ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐ฎ๐ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐๐ฎ๐ญ๐๐น๐-๐ก๐ฎ๐๐ฎ๐น ๐ ๐๐๐ฒ๐๐บ. As we were checking the condition of some of the very old mater...
Unique collections held and curated at the Museum are a useful reference tool that allows monitoring long-term environmental changes in the ...
ย ย ย The KZN Museum will be running a Storytelling Festival over September and October. The education department will be taking the festival out...
KZN Museum outreach education carries on in term 3 with our Enviro Reach programme. Grade 11 learners had the unique experience of doing sci...
ย ย Celebrate the arrival of Spring at the KwaZulu-Natal Museum. Receive a FREE vegetable seedling when you purchase a entry ticket to visit the M...
Honouring the remarkable life of Charlotte Maxeke! Honouring the remarkable life of Charlotte Maxeke. MEC for Arts and Culture in KwaZulu...
ย ๐๐ฒ๐น๐ฒ๐ฏ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ช๐ผ๐บ๐ฒ๐ป ๐ฎ๐ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐๐ฎ๐ญ๐๐น๐-๐ก๐ฎ๐๐ฎ๐น ๐ ๐๐๐ฒ๐๐บ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฒ๐ ๐ฐ๐ฒ๐ฝ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป๐ฎ๐น ๐๐ผ๐ฟ๐ธ ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐ ๐ฑ๐ผ.๐ค. ๐ง๐ฒ๐น๐น ๐๐ ๐ฎ๐ฏ๐ผ๐๐ ๐๐ผ๐๐ฟ๐๐ฒ๐น๐ณ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐๐ผ๐๐ฟ ๐ฟ๐ผ๐น๐ฒ ๐ฎ๐ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐ญ๐ก ๐ ๐๐๐ฒ๐๐บ.A. My na...
ย ๐๐ฒ๐น๐ฒ๐ฏ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ช๐ผ๐บ๐ฒ๐ป ๐ฎ๐ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐๐ฎ๐ญ๐๐น๐-๐ก๐ฎ๐๐ฎ๐น ๐ ๐๐๐ฒ๐๐บ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฒ๐ ๐ฐ๐ฒ๐ฝ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป๐ฎ๐น ๐๐ผ๐ฟ๐ธ ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐ ๐ฑ๐ผ.๐ค. ๐ง๐ฒ๐น๐น ๐๐ ๐ฎ๐ฏ๐ผ๐๐ ๐๐ผ๐๐ฟ๐๐ฒ๐น๐ณ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐๐ผ๐๐ฟ ๐ฟ๐ผ๐น๐ฒ ๐ฎ๐ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐๐ฎ๐ญ๐๐น๐-๐ก๐ฎ๐๐ฎ๐น ๐ ๐๐๐ฒ๐...
Frans Prins (1965-2021) The KwaZulu-Natal Museum notes the passing of Frans Prins, a former Head of Anthropology. Frans graduated from the University...
ย ๐๐๐ฅ๐๐๐ซ๐๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐๐จ๐ฆ๐๐ง ๐๐ญ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐ฐ๐๐๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ฎ-๐๐๐ญ๐๐ฅ ๐๐ฎ๐ฌ๐๐ฎ๐ฆ ๐๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐ฑ๐๐๐ฉ๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐๐ฅ ๐ฐ๐จ๐ซ๐ค ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ฒ ๐๐จ!Meet ๐ก๐ฒ๐น๐ถ๐๐ถ๐๐ฒ ๐ ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ ๐ ๐ฎ๐ป๐๐ธ๐๐๐ฎ, a BSc Honours in Zoology graduate fro...
๐๐ป๐๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐ผ๐๐ฟ ๐ ๐๐๐ฒ๐๐บ ๐๐ฟ๐ฏ๐ผ๐๐ฟ ๐๐ฎ๐ ๐ฐ๐ผ๐บ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐๐ถ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐๐ถ๐ป ๐๐ผ๐บ๐ฒ ๐ฎ๐๐ฒ๐๐ผ๐บ๐ฒ ๐ฝ๐ฟ๐ถ๐๐ฒ๐!! ๐ง๐ต๐ฒ ๐ณ๐ผ๐น๐น๐ผ๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ฐ๐ฟ๐ถ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ฎ ๐๐ถ๐น๐น ๐ฏ๐ฒ ๐๐๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐ท๐๐ฑ๐ด๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ฎ๐น๐น ๐ฒ๐ป๐๐ฟ๐ถ๐ฒ๐: You...
๐๐ฒ๐น๐ฒ๐ฏ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ช๐ผ๐บ๐ฒ๐ป ๐ฎ๐ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐๐ฎ๐ญ๐๐น๐-๐ก๐ฎ๐๐ฎ๐น ๐ ๐๐๐ฒ๐๐บ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฒ๐ ๐ฐ๐ฒ๐ฝ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป๐ฎ๐น ๐๐ผ๐ฟ๐ธ ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐ ๐ฑ๐ผ. ๐ค: ๐ง๐ฒ๐น๐น ๐๐ ๐๐ต๐ผ ๐๐ผ๐ ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ด๐ถ๐๐ฒ ๐ฎ ๐ฏ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ฒ๐ณ ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐๐ฐ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ฝ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป...
Rare fly found in South Africa after 160 years We know very little about most insects, probably because there are so many species out there. Scientis...
Ezemvelo KZN Wildlife have a project where they are eradicating invasive alien species in all of their parks. Alien plants are being removed and repla...
Thank you to every single person who made a difference this last week. Heroes among us inย every shape, size and colour ๐ฟ๐ฆ ๐ช๐ฒ ๐๐ฎ๐น๐๐๐ฒ ๐๐ผ๐! #Mand...
Please note that the KZN Museum will be closed to the public until further notice.ย ย We do apologize for any inconvenience caused. Please contact t...
Rediscovery of a small rock art museum at the Royal Natal National Park KwaZulu-Natal Museum staff recently visited uMhwabane rock shelter in the Ama...
