Women's Month Art Competition

Further visits and recording of rock art sites

Details: Created on 15 October 2020

On Tuesday 06th October, Justine Wintjes and Ghilraen Laue of the Human Sciences Department, KwaZulu-Natal Museum and Jeremy Hollmann, Research Associ...

Storytelling Festival Continues

Details: Created on 13 October 2020

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...

KwaZulu-Natal Museum Dredging Programme rises from the depths

Details: Created on 13 October 2020

Between 1981 and 1997, the marine mollusc collection of the KwaZulu-Natal Museum was expanded significantly in the number and diversity of specimens. ...

Companion Planting

Details: Created on 09 October 2020

Companion Planting Companion planting is growing different crops within close proximity of each other whereby, the plants have the ability to complem...

Visit the Museum and win Halloween Treats

Details: Created on 06 October 2020

🧙🎃 𝐻𝑜𝑤 𝑤𝑜𝑢𝑙𝑑 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑙𝑖𝑘𝑒 𝑡𝑜 𝑤𝑖𝑛 𝑎 𝑏𝑜𝑥 𝑜𝑓 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑠𝑒 𝑎𝑚𝑎𝑧𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝐻𝑎𝑙𝑙𝑜𝑤𝑒𝑒𝑛 𝑡𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑡𝑠? 🎃👻🔮 All you need to do in order to win 1 of 3 Halloween Boxes is visit the KZN M...

Pop Up Exhibition on Dinosaurs

Details: Created on 05 October 2020

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're open!

Details: Created on 02 October 2020

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 ...

KZN Museum Storytelling Festival 2020

Details: Created on 02 October 2020

The KwaZulu Natal Museum launched a Storytelling Festival for primary schools for the month of October. Siboniso Gcumisa, the Museum’s ‘Herit...

Field Trip to the Drakensberg

Details: Created on 01 October 2020

After six months of lockdown a team from the Human Sciences Department, KwaZulu-Natal Museum, along with Jeremy Hollmann, Research Associate at the Ro...

Money cowries, a transoceanic heritage – part 6

Details: Created on 28 September 2020

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...

Money cowries, a transoceanic heritage – part 5

Details: Created on 25 September 2020

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 – part 4

Details: Created on 24 September 2020

Money cowries, a transoceanic heritage – part 4 In West Africa money cowries were a kind of currency, but they also served as a mater...

Celebrating Living Heritage

Details: Created on 23 September 2020

South African Living treasures are part of our heritage. The KwaZulu-Natal Museum in collaboration with grade 7 learners from Dindi Primary School c...

Money cowries, a transoceanic heritage – part 3

Details: Created on 23 September 2020

𝗠𝗼𝗻𝗲𝘆 𝗰𝗼𝘄𝗿𝗶𝗲𝘀, 𝗮 𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗻𝘀𝗼𝗰𝗲𝗮𝗻𝗶𝗰 𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗶𝘁𝗮𝗴𝗲 – 𝗽𝗮𝗿𝘁 𝟯 At the mouth of the Mzikaba River in the Eastern Cape lies the remains of an old shipwreck. Geoff H...

Money cowries, a transoceanic heritage – part 2

Details: Created on 23 September 2020

𝗠𝗼𝗻𝗲𝘆 𝗰𝗼𝘄𝗿𝗶𝗲𝘀, 𝗮 𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗻𝘀𝗼𝗰𝗲𝗮𝗻𝗶𝗰 𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗶𝘁𝗮𝗴𝗲 – 𝗽𝗮𝗿𝘁 𝟮 The shells of money cowries are natural objects transformed into objects of cultural significance. ...

Heritage Month Education Outreach

Details: Created on 22 September 2020

Indigenous plants are part of our South African Heritage. This Heritage month the KwaZulu-Natal Museum in partnership with Duzi-uMngeni Conservation...

Money cowries, a transoceanic heritage

Details: Created on 21 September 2020

𝗠𝗼𝗻𝗲𝘆 𝗰𝗼𝘄𝗿𝗶𝗲𝘀, 𝗮 𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗻𝘀𝗼𝗰𝗲𝗮𝗻𝗶𝗰 𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗶𝘁𝗮𝗴𝗲! Money cowries are tropical sea snails (Monetaria moneta). They have delicate lace-like bodies that are prot...

Conferences in a Time of Covid

Details: Created on 18 September 2020

Due to the restrictions imposed by covid-19, in-person conferences have not been able to take place this year. The European Association of Forensic...

Camps Drift Spring Clean-Up Campaign

Details: Created on 14 September 2020

KZN Museum has partnered with the Upper West Side Community Group, Duzi-uMngeni Conservation Trust and Project Gateway in the Camps Drift Spring...

Competition winners collect their prizes!

Details: Created on 10 September 2020

#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...

Outreach Education - Arbour Week

Details: Created on 09 September 2020

In response to our outreach program with St. Nicholas Diocesan School for Arbour Week, we are very pleased to be able to share with yo...

Arbour Week Competition Winners

Details: Created on 07 September 2020

𝗪𝗶𝗻𝗻𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗔𝗿𝗯𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗪𝗲𝗲𝗸 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗽𝗲𝘁𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗮𝗿𝗲: 𝟏𝐬𝐭 𝐏𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐞 𝐰𝐢𝐧𝐧𝐞𝐫 Owen Haarhoff Owen made a coral tree, his research, creativity and design wa...

Propagating Spekboom (Arbour Week)

Details: Created on 31 August 2020

Portulacaria afra - propagating Spekboom Spekboom is an indigenous evergreen that is versatile and valuable to humans and plants as its benefits are ...

Arbour Day Webinar with Scifest

Details: Created on 28 August 2020

We are so excited to announce that our Chief Education Officer (outreach), Marsha Kalika is a speaker on this webinar hosted by Scifest Africa, ...

Pop Up Exhibition

Details: Created on 26 August 2020

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...

𝗔𝗿𝗯𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗪𝗲𝗲𝗸 𝗖𝗼𝗺𝗽𝗲𝘁𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻

Details: Created on 25 August 2020

𝗞𝗭𝗡 𝗠𝘂𝘀𝗲𝘂𝗺 𝗔𝗿𝗯𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗪𝗲𝗲𝗸 𝗖𝗼𝗺𝗽𝗲𝘁𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 National Arbour Week 2020 will be celebrated from 31 August - 4 September and here at the KZN Museum we are cele...

How to make seed bombs

Details: Created on 24 August 2020

Seed Bombs – “Throw and Grow” A seed bomb is a ball made up of a combination of clay, earth, seeds and water. The clay earth mixture protects the ...

Seed bombs - Enviro Reach

Details: Created on 20 August 2020

The KZN Museum remains closed to the public (for now), but our staff are still hard at work. 𝑆𝑝𝑟𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑖𝑠 𝑎𝑙𝑚𝑜𝑠𝑡 𝑖𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑎𝑖𝑟, 𝑖𝑛 𝑓𝑎𝑐𝑡 𝑖𝑡'𝑠 𝑗𝑢𝑠𝑡 𝑎 𝑓...

Lockdown Biodiversity

Details: Created on 14 August 2020

During Level 4 and 5 of lockdown many of the KZN Museum’s staff were working remotely. Aside from the usual work, Dr. John Midgley, Head of Natural ...

Women's Month Art Competition

Details: Created on 07 August 2020

𝗜𝗻 𝗰𝗲𝗹𝗲𝗯𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗼𝗳 𝗪𝗼𝗺𝗲𝗻'𝘀 𝗗𝗮𝘆, 𝘄𝗲 𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝗹𝗮𝘂𝗻𝗰𝗵𝗲𝗱 𝗮𝗻 𝗮𝗿𝘁 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗽𝗲𝘁𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻! #womensmonth #kznmuseum #art #womensday #win #tablet #competition𝑃𝑙𝑒𝑎𝑠𝑒 𝑣𝑖𝑠𝑖𝑡 ...

KwaZulu-Natal Museum Women’s Month Art Competition 2020

Details: Created on 07 August 2020

KwaZulu-Natal Museum is running WOMEN’S MONTH ART COMPETITION; i.e. August 2020. The competition calls upon female artists to develop powerful creatio...

KwaZulu-Natal Museum’s Research Journals Climb in Global Rankings

Details: Created on 03 August 2020

KwaZulu-Natal Museum’s Research Journals Climb in Global Rankings Dr Ghilraen Laue, deputy editor of Southern African Humanities and Dr Thembeka ...

National Women's Month

Details: Created on 01 August 2020

𝗚𝗲𝗻𝗲𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗘𝗾𝘂𝗮𝗹𝗶𝘁𝘆: 𝗥𝗲𝗮𝗹𝗶𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘄𝗼𝗺𝗲𝗻’𝘀 𝗿𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁𝘀 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗮𝗻 𝗲𝗾𝘂𝗮𝗹 𝗳𝘂𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲. 𝑊𝑜𝑚𝑒𝑛’𝑠 𝐷𝑎𝑦 𝑖𝑠 𝑐𝑒𝑙𝑒𝑏𝑟𝑎𝑡𝑒𝑑 𝑎𝑛𝑛𝑢𝑎𝑙𝑙𝑦 𝑖𝑛 𝑆𝑜𝑢𝑡ℎ 𝐴𝑓𝑟𝑖𝑐𝑎 𝑡𝑜 ℎ𝑖𝑔ℎ𝑙𝑖𝑔ℎ𝑡 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑐ℎ𝑎𝑙𝑙𝑒𝑛𝑔𝑒𝑠 𝑎...

Building My Vision - An online programme

Details: Created on 31 July 2020

The Cell C Take a Girl Child to Work online Programme with the KZN Museum. The programme has been progressing well and the learners have really enjo...

Cell C Take a Girl Child to Work Day goes online

Details: Created on 27 July 2020

Chief Education Officer (Outreach) Marsha Kalika has successfully taken Cell C Take a Girl Child to Work Day online as the KZN Museum completed the ...

Part 2 of Staying connected through Virtual Programmes

Details: Created on 24 July 2020

𝗣𝗮𝗿𝘁 𝟮 𝗼𝗳 𝗦𝘁𝗮𝘆𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝗻𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗿𝗼𝘂𝗴𝗵 𝗩𝗶𝗿𝘁𝘂𝗮𝗹 𝗣𝗿𝗼𝗴𝗿𝗮𝗺𝗺𝗲𝘀 𝗧𝗵𝗲 '𝗹𝗼𝗰𝗸𝗱𝗼𝘄𝗻' 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗻𝘂𝗲𝘀 𝘁𝗼 𝗲𝗻𝗴𝗮𝗴𝗲 𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗳𝗳 𝗶𝗻 𝘃𝗶𝗿𝘁𝘂𝗮𝗹 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗴𝗿𝗮𝗺𝗺𝗲𝘀 𝘄𝗵𝗶𝗰𝗵 𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗹𝗹 𝗸𝗲𝗲𝗽𝘀 𝘂𝘀 𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗲...

Staying connected through Virtual Programmes

Details: Created on 21 July 2020

𝗧𝗵𝗲 '𝗹𝗼𝗰𝗸𝗱𝗼𝘄𝗻' 𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗹𝗹 𝗸𝗲𝗲𝗽𝘀 𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗳𝗳 𝗯𝘂𝘀𝘆 𝗮𝘀 𝘄𝗲 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗳𝗼𝗿𝘁𝘂𝗻𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝗯𝗲 𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝗽𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗶𝗽𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝗶𝗻 𝘃𝗶𝗿𝘁𝘂𝗮𝗹 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗴𝗿𝗮𝗺𝗺𝗲𝘀 𝘄𝗵𝗶𝗰𝗵 𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗹𝗹 𝗸𝗲𝗲𝗽𝘀 𝘂𝘀 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝗻𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗼 𝗼𝘂𝗿 ...

Action Against Poverty - Mandela Day 2020

Details: Created on 17 July 2020

KwaZulu-Natal Museum visited the SOS Children’s Village in Pietermaritzburg, to donate food parcels for Mandela Day. #ActionAgainstPoverty #MandelaDa...

Cell C Take a Girl Child to Work goes Digital

Details: Created on 16 July 2020

Cell C Take a Girl Child to Work Day 2020 goes digital due to the Covid 19 pandemic. The aim of this workshop to assist learners to get back on track ...

ORIGINS OF MANDELA DAY

Details: Created on 16 July 2020

ORIGINS OF MANDELA DAY by Dumisani Jali - Chief Education Officer (In-House) Nelson Mandela International Day, also known as Mandela...

Winners of the Youth Month Competition

Details: Created on 13 July 2020

𝗪𝗜𝗡𝗡𝗘𝗥𝗦 𝗢𝗙 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗬𝗢𝗨𝗧𝗛 𝗠𝗢𝗡𝗧𝗛 𝗖𝗢𝗠𝗣𝗘𝗧𝗜𝗧𝗜𝗢𝗡 The winner of the 𝘀𝗺𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗽𝗵𝗼𝗻𝗲 is:𝗔𝗠𝗔𝗛𝗟𝗘 𝗠𝗧𝗛𝗘𝗧𝗛𝗪𝗔𝑓𝑟𝑜𝑚 𝑀𝑎𝑐𝑒𝑏𝑎 𝑆𝑒𝑐𝑜𝑛𝑑𝑎𝑟𝑦 𝑆𝑐ℎ𝑜𝑜𝑙 𝑖𝑛 𝑁𝑞𝑢𝑡𝑢 The winner of the 𝗹𝗮𝗽𝘁...

Linda Davis Retirement

Details: Created on 03 July 2020

𝗧𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝘄𝗲𝗲𝗸 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗞𝗭𝗡 𝗠𝘂𝘀𝗲𝘂𝗺 𝘀𝗮𝗶𝗱 𝗳𝗮𝗿𝗲𝘄𝗲𝗹𝗹 𝘁𝗼 𝗼𝗻𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝗶𝘁𝘀 𝗹𝗼𝗻𝗴𝗲𝘀𝘁 𝘀𝗲𝗿𝘃𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗲𝗺𝗽𝗹𝗼𝘆𝗲𝗲𝘀, 𝗠𝘀 𝗟𝗶𝗻𝗱𝗮 𝗗𝗮𝘃𝗶𝘀. 𝗟𝗶𝗻𝗱𝗮 𝗵𝗮𝘀 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗺𝗼𝗹𝗹𝘂𝘀𝗰 𝗰𝗼𝗹𝗹𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝟮𝟵 𝗮...

Scifest in the Digital Age

Details: Created on 24 June 2020

This pandemic has certainly changed the way we function, especially as a Museum but all is not lost as can still participate in so many exciting thing...

This day in history

Details: Created on 16 June 2020

#DidYouKnow #ThisHistoricDay 𝗜𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗽𝗶𝗰𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲 𝗶𝘁 𝗶𝘀 𝗠𝗯𝘂𝘆𝗶𝘀𝗮 𝗠𝗮𝗸𝗵𝘂𝗯𝗼, 𝗮 𝗦𝗼𝘄𝗲𝘁𝗼 𝗿𝗲𝘀𝗶𝗱𝗲𝗻𝘁, 𝘄𝗵𝗼 𝗽𝗶𝗰𝗸𝗲𝗱 𝗛𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗼𝗿 𝗣𝗶𝗲𝘁𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗼𝗻 𝘂𝗽 𝗮𝗻𝗱, 𝘁𝗼𝗴𝗲𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗛𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗼𝗿’𝘀 ...

Commemorating Youth Day

Details: Created on 15 June 2020

𝗬𝗼𝘂𝘁𝗵 𝗗𝗮𝘆 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗺𝗲𝗺𝗼𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗲𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗦𝗼𝘄𝗲𝘁𝗼 𝗨𝗽𝗿𝗶𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗴, 𝘄𝗵𝗶𝗰𝗵 𝘁𝗼𝗼𝗸 𝗽𝗹𝗮𝗰𝗲 𝗼𝗻 𝟭𝟲 𝗝𝘂𝗻𝗲 𝟭𝟵𝟳𝟲, 𝘄𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗼𝘂𝘀𝗮𝗻𝗱𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝘀𝘁𝘂𝗱𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘀 𝘄𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝗮𝗺𝗯𝘂𝘀𝗵𝗲𝗱 𝗯𝘆 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗮𝗽𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗶𝗱 𝗿𝗲𝗴𝗶𝗺𝗲. 𝑂𝑛...

Monitoring long-term Environmental Changes

Details: Created on 10 June 2020

Unique collections held and curated at the Museum is a useful reference tool that allows to monitor long-term environmental changes in the protected...

ORIGINS OF YOUTH DAY IN SOUTH AFRICA

Details: Created on 02 June 2020

Youth Day in South Africa is a day to honour the courage and sacrifice of the Soweto Uprising youth and celebrate all young people. On June 16, 197...

Win a Laptop and Smartphone for Youth Month

Details: Created on 02 June 2020

Win a Laptop and Smartphone for Youth Month Every year on 16th of June South Africa commemorates the 1976 Soweto uprising to honour the learners wh...

Terms and Conditions - Youth Month Competition

Details: Created on 02 June 2020

KWAZULU-NATAL MUSEUM YOUTH MONTH COMPETITION 2020 - T&C's KwaZulu-Natal Museum is running Youth Month Competition 2020. Below are the official Terms...

Africa Day Social Media Competition

Details: Created on 02 June 2020

To celebrate Africa Day the KZN Museum ran a social media competition on Facebook to promote the National Flags of African countries. Members of the...

Happy Africa Day

Details: Created on 25 May 2020

Africa Month: Seashells and Their Importance in Conservation

Details: Created on 25 May 2020

𝗔𝗳𝗿𝗶𝗰𝗮 𝗠𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗵: 𝗦𝗲𝗮𝘀𝗵𝗲𝗹𝗹𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗶𝗿 𝗶𝗺𝗽𝗼𝗿𝘁𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝘀𝗲𝗿𝘃𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗼𝗳 𝗔𝗳𝗿𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗻 𝗯𝗶𝗼𝗱𝗶𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗳𝗶𝘀𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗲𝘀 𝗺𝗮𝗻𝗮𝗴𝗲𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁. 𝑊ℎ𝑒𝑛 𝑤𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑛𝑘 𝑜𝑓 𝑠𝑒𝑎𝑠ℎ𝑒𝑙𝑙𝑠 𝑜𝑢𝑟 ...

Celebrating Africa Month Through our Research

Details: Created on 22 May 2020

𝗖𝗲𝗹𝗲𝗯𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗔𝗳𝗿𝗶𝗰𝗮 𝗠𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗵 𝘁𝗵𝗿𝗼𝘂𝗴𝗵 𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗥𝗲𝘀𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗰𝗵 𝗞𝗻𝗼𝘄𝗹𝗲𝗱𝗴𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝗔𝗳𝗿𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗻 𝗲𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗵𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗺𝘀 𝗶𝘀 𝗶𝗻𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗽𝗹𝗲𝘁𝗲, 𝗮𝘀 𝗮 𝗿𝗲𝘀𝘂𝗹𝘁, 𝗮 𝘀𝗼𝘂𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗻 𝗔𝗳𝗿𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗻 𝗰𝗿𝗼𝘀𝘀-𝗯𝗼𝗿𝗱𝗲𝗿 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗷𝗲𝗰...

Biodiversity Day

Details: Created on 22 May 2020

International Day for Biological Diversity is celebrated worldwide with the aim to increase understanding and raise global awareness of issues relat...

Biodiversity Day - Insects and Dead Bodies

Details: Created on 22 May 2020

Biodiversity Day - Insects and Dead Bodies Insects that feed on dead and decomposing bodies can be used to determine how long those bodies have been ...

Biodiversity Day newspaper coverage

Details: Created on 21 May 2020

Our front page picture in the Witness for Biodiversity Day 2020

Celebrating Africa Month Through our Scientific Collections

Details: Created on 21 May 2020

Celebrating Africa Month Through our Collections 𝗦𝗶𝘆𝗮𝗯𝗼𝗻𝗴𝗮 𝗭𝗮𝗺𝗶𝘀𝗮 𝗶𝘀 𝗮 𝗗𝗮𝘁𝗮 𝗧𝗲𝗰𝗵𝗻𝗶𝗰𝗶𝗮𝗻 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗗𝗲𝗽𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗼𝗳 𝗡𝗮𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗮𝗹 𝗦𝗰𝗶𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲𝘀 𝗮𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗞𝗭𝗡 𝗠𝘂𝘀𝗲𝘂𝗺. 𝗛𝗲 ...

Celebrating Africa Month Through our Collections

Details: Created on 20 May 2020

Celebrating Africa Month Through our Collections 𝗠𝗮𝘁𝗮𝗯𝗮𝗿𝗼 𝗭𝗶𝗴𝗮𝗻𝗶𝗿𝗮 𝗺𝗮𝗻𝗮𝗴𝗲𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗚𝗲𝗻𝗲𝗿𝗮𝗹 𝗖𝗼𝗹𝗹𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗽𝗿𝗶𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗼𝗳 𝘀𝗽𝗲𝗰𝗶𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘀 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝘃𝗮𝗿𝗶𝗼𝘂𝘀 𝘁𝗮𝘅𝗮 𝘀...

IMD Newspaper Coverage

Details: Created on 19 May 2020

Our picture in the Witness for International Museum Day 2020

International Museum Day 2020

Details: Created on 17 May 2020

#𝗜𝗠𝗗𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟬 | 𝗠𝘂𝘀𝗲𝘂𝗺𝘀 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗘𝗾𝘂𝗮𝗹𝗶𝘁𝘆: 𝗗𝗶𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗜𝗻𝗰𝗹𝘂𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗞𝘄𝗮𝗭𝘂𝗹𝘂–𝗡𝗮𝘁𝗮𝗹 𝗠𝘂𝘀𝗲𝘂𝗺 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗲 𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗳𝗳 𝗿𝗲𝗳𝗹𝗲𝗰𝘁 𝗼𝗻 𝘄𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝘆 𝗺𝗶𝘀𝘀 𝗺𝗼𝘀𝘁 𝗮𝗯𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗶𝗿 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗸 𝗱𝘂𝗿𝗶...

Africa Month: Rock art of the Groot Winterhoek Mountains

Details: Created on 15 May 2020

Africa Month: Rock art of the Groot Winterhoek Mountains 𝗗𝘂𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗔𝗳𝗿𝗶𝗰𝗮 𝗠𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗵, 𝗞𝗭𝗡 𝗠𝘂𝘀𝗲𝘂𝗺 𝗰𝗲𝗹𝗲𝗯𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗲𝘀 𝗶𝘁𝘀 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝗻𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 𝘁𝗼 𝗼𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝘃𝗶𝗻𝗰𝗲𝘀. 𝗪𝗲 𝗰𝗲𝗹𝗲𝗯...

Africa Month: A Focus on Objects

Details: Created on 14 May 2020

Mudzunga Munzhedzi of the KwaZulu-Natal Museum celebrates Africa Month: His research focuses on the historical development of the archaeological...

Cecilia Makiwane, First Registered Black Nurse in South Africa

Details: Created on 12 May 2020

𝗖𝗲𝗰𝗶𝗹𝗶𝗮 𝗠𝗮𝗸𝗶𝘄𝗮𝗻𝗲 𝘄𝗮𝘀 𝗿𝗲𝗴𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗲𝗱 𝗮𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗳𝗶𝗿𝘀𝘁 𝗯𝗹𝗮𝗰𝗸 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗳𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗻𝘂𝗿𝘀𝗲 𝗶𝗻 𝗦𝗼𝘂𝘁𝗵 𝗔𝗳𝗿𝗶𝗰𝗮. She was born in 1880 at the MacFarlane Mission in the Victor...

Florence Nightingale

Details: Created on 12 May 2020

𝗗𝗶𝗱 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗸𝗻𝗼𝘄 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘁𝗼𝗱𝗮𝘆 𝗮𝗹𝘀𝗼 𝗺𝗮𝗿𝗸𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝟮𝟬𝟬𝘁𝗵 𝗮𝗻𝗻𝗶𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗮𝗿𝘆 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗯𝗶𝗿𝘁𝗵 𝗼𝗳 𝗙𝗹𝗼𝗿𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗡𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴𝗮𝗹𝗲? 𝗙𝗹𝗼𝗿𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗡𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴𝗮𝗹𝗲, 𝗶𝘀 𝗳𝗮𝗺𝗼𝘂𝘀 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗴𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘄𝗮𝘆 𝗻𝘂...

International Nurses Day

Details: Created on 12 May 2020

Africa Month: A Focus on Objects

Details: Created on 08 May 2020

𝗔𝗳𝗿𝗶𝗰𝗮 𝗠𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗵: 𝗔 𝗙𝗼𝗰𝘂𝘀 𝗼𝗻 𝗢𝗯𝗷𝗲𝗰𝘁𝘀 During Africa Month, the KZN Museum celebrates the connections between KZN and the rest of the African continent. ...

Africa Month: A tale of Aprons

Details: Created on 01 May 2020

𝗔𝗳𝗿𝗶𝗰𝗮 𝗠𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗵: 𝗔 𝗧𝗮𝗹𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝗔𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗻𝘀 During Africa Month, KZN Museum celebrates its connections to other countries in the region and on the continent. We...

Earth Day Social Media Competition

Details: Created on 22 April 2020

To celebrate Earth Day the KZN Museum ran a social media competition on Facebook to promote the day. Members of the public (meaning the little ones)...

Working from home during the lockdown : Exhibitions Team

Details: Created on 21 April 2020

𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗞𝗭𝗡 𝗠𝘂𝘀𝗲𝘂𝗺 𝗿𝗲𝗺𝗮𝗶𝗻𝘀 𝗼𝗻 𝗹𝗼𝗰𝗸𝗱𝗼𝘄𝗻 𝗼𝗻 𝗹𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗹 𝟰 𝗯𝘂𝘁 𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗠𝘂𝘀𝗲𝘂𝗺 𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗳𝗳 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗻𝘂𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗸 𝗮𝘀 𝗮 𝘁𝗲𝗮𝗺, 𝗯𝘂𝘁 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗳𝗼𝗿𝘁 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗶𝗿 𝗵𝗼𝗺𝗲. For those visito...

Working from home during the lockdown

Details: Created on 14 April 2020

WORKING FROM HOME DURING THE LOCKDOWN Dr Ghilraen Laue, a Curator from our Human Sciences Department, shares her #lockdown experience with us:For...

365 Campaign Against Gender Based Violence

Details: Created on 24 March 2020

365 Campaign Against Gender Based Violence As part of the KZN Museum's ongoing pledge to create awareness on the issue of GENDER-BASED VIOL...

Dismantling the Sisonke Gallery

Details: Created on 20 March 2020

Dismantling the Sisonke Gallery On 17 February 2020, Justine Wintjes, Mudzunga Munzhedzi and Dimakatso Tlhoaele from the Department of Human Scienc...

Human Sciences Curator awarded Thuthuka Funding

Details: Created on 20 March 2020

Human Sciences Curator awarded Thuthuka Funding Dr Ghilraen Laue, curator in the Human Sciences Department, has been awarded the sought-after Thuthuk...

Human Rights Day

Details: Created on 20 March 2020

Chasing Hover Flies

Details: Created on 18 March 2020

Chasing Hover Flies In March, John Midgley and Kirstin Williams from the Natural Science Department went on a field trip to the Umtamvuna Nature...

KZN Museum make their own hand sanitiser

Details: Created on 11 March 2020

Here at the KZN Museum we have taken matters into our own hands, literally, in response to the #covid19 outbreak. Chief Outreach Education Officer M...

KZN Museum Annual Book Swap

Details: Created on 10 March 2020

KZN Museum Annual Book Swap, 17 - 19 March. Pick up a book of your choice at no cost, and maybe even leave something behind that you are no longer r...

March 2020 Holiday Programme

Details: Created on 06 March 2020

Fun activities this school holiday at the KZN Museum. Suitable for ages 6 - 13 years. Activities are R 25 per day, from 9am - 11am. Booking is essen...

Join us for a site visit to Sibhudu Shelter near Maidstone: Sunday 15th March 2020

Details: Created on 05 March 2020

Join us for a site visit to Sibhudu Shelter near Maidstone: Sunday 15th March 2020 Our second event of the archaeological year is a visit to Sibhud...

Earthworm research and society

Details: Created on 03 March 2020

Earthworm research and society Earthworm research is improving; we are now extending our tentacles and conducting research that benefits the societ...

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