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We are so excited to announce that our Chief Education Officer (outreach), Marsha Kalika is a speaker on this webinar hosted by Scifest Africa, on Indigenous Greening. She will discuss the importance of Arbour Week, which runs from 31st August to the 4th of September ๐ŸŒณ Registration details are on the link below!
Scifest Africa
With 2020 being the International Year of Plant Health, 
Scifest Africa 
is excited to bring you the webinar 'Indigenous Greening', which takes place this Monday, 31 August 2020 at 16h00.
Join 
KwaZulu-Natal Museum
's Chief Education Officer for Outreach, Marsha Kalika as we discuss the importance of Arbour Week, which runs from 31st August to the 4th of September ๐ŸŒณ
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Further visits and recording of rock art sites

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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

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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

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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

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Companionย 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

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๐Ÿง™๐ŸŽƒ ๐ป๐‘œ๐‘ค ๐‘ค๐‘œ๐‘ข๐‘™๐‘‘ ๐‘ฆ๐‘œ๐‘ข ๐‘™๐‘–๐‘˜๐‘’ ๐‘ก๐‘œ ๐‘ค๐‘–๐‘› ๐‘Ž ๐‘๐‘œ๐‘ฅ ๐‘œ๐‘“ ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’๐‘ ๐‘’ ๐‘Ž๐‘š๐‘Ž๐‘ง๐‘–๐‘›๐‘” ๐ป๐‘Ž๐‘™๐‘™๐‘œ๐‘ค๐‘’๐‘’๐‘› ๐‘ก๐‘Ÿ๐‘’๐‘Ž๐‘ก๐‘ ? ๐ŸŽƒ๐Ÿ‘ป๐Ÿ”ฎ All you need to do in order to win 1 of 3 Halloween Boxes is visit the KZN M...

Pop Up Exhibition on Dinosaurs

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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!

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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

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The KwaZulu Natal Museum launched a Storytelling Festival for primary schools for the month of October. Siboniso Gcumisa, the Museumโ€™s โ€˜Herit...

Field Trip to the Drakensberg

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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 โ€“ part 6

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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 โ€“ part 5

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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

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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...

Celebrating Living Heritage

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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 โ€“ part 3

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๐— ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐˜† ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐˜„๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐˜€, ๐—ฎ ๐˜๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐˜€๐—ผ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ถ๐—ฐ ๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐˜๐—ฎ๐—ด๐—ฒ โ€“ ๐—ฝ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐˜ ๐Ÿฏ 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 โ€“ part 2

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๐— ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐˜† ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐˜„๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐˜€, ๐—ฎ ๐˜๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐˜€๐—ผ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ถ๐—ฐ ๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐˜๐—ฎ๐—ด๐—ฒ โ€“ ๐—ฝ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐˜ ๐Ÿฎ The shells of money cowries are natural objects transformed into objects of cultural significance. ...

Heritage Month Education Outreach

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

Money cowries, a transoceanic heritage

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๐— ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐˜† ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐˜„๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐˜€, ๐—ฎ ๐˜๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐˜€๐—ผ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ถ๐—ฐ ๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐˜๐—ฎ๐—ด๐—ฒ! Money cowries are tropical sea snails (Monetaria moneta). They have delicate lace-like bodies that are prot...

Conferences in a Time of Covid

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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...

Camps Drift Spring Clean-Up Campaign

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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!

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#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

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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...

Arbour Week Competition Winners

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๐—ช๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ป๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€ ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—”๐—ฟ๐—ฏ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐—ช๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ธ ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐˜๐—ถ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ: ๐Ÿ๐ฌ๐ญ ๐๐ฅ๐š๐œ๐ž ๐ฐ๐ข๐ง๐ง๐ž๐ซ Owen Haarhoff Owen made a coral tree, his research, creativity and design wa...

Propagating Spekboom (Arbour Week)

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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

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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

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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...

๐—”๐—ฟ๐—ฏ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐—ช๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ธ ๐—–๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐˜๐—ถ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป

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๐—ž๐—ญ๐—ก ๐— ๐˜‚๐˜€๐—ฒ๐˜‚๐—บ ๐—”๐—ฟ๐—ฏ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐—ช๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ธ ๐—–๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐˜๐—ถ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป 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

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Seed Bombs โ€“ โ€œThrow and Growโ€ย  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

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The KZN Museum remains closed to the public (for now), but our staff are still hard at work. ๐‘†๐‘๐‘Ÿ๐‘–๐‘›๐‘” ๐‘–๐‘  ๐‘Ž๐‘™๐‘š๐‘œ๐‘ ๐‘ก ๐‘–๐‘› ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’ ๐‘Ž๐‘–๐‘Ÿ, ๐‘–๐‘› ๐‘“๐‘Ž๐‘๐‘ก ๐‘–๐‘ก'๐‘  ๐‘—๐‘ข๐‘ ๐‘ก ๐‘Ž ๐‘“...

Lockdown Biodiversity

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

Women's Month Art Competition

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๐—œ๐—ป ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ฏ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐—ช๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ป'๐˜€ ๐——๐—ฎ๐˜†, ๐˜„๐—ฒ ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ ๐—น๐—ฎ๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐—ฎ๐—ป ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐˜ ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐˜๐—ถ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป! ย  #womensmonthย #kznmuseumย #artย #womensdayย #winย #tabletย #competition๐‘ƒ๐‘™๐‘’๐‘Ž๐‘ ๐‘’ ๐‘ฃ๐‘–๐‘ ๐‘–๐‘ก ...

KwaZulu-Natal Museum Womenโ€™s Month Art Competition 2020

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

KwaZulu-Natal Museumโ€™s Research Journals Climb in Global Rankings

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KwaZulu-Natal Museumโ€™s Research Journals Climb in Global Rankings ย  Dr Ghilraen Laue, deputy editor ofย Southern African Humanitiesย and Dr Thembeka ...

National Women's Month

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๐—š๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—˜๐—พ๐˜‚๐—ฎ๐—น๐—ถ๐˜๐˜†: ๐—ฅ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—น๐—ถ๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐˜„๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ปโ€™๐˜€ ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ด๐—ต๐˜๐˜€ ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐—ฎ๐—ป ๐—ฒ๐—พ๐˜‚๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—ณ๐˜‚๐˜๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ฒ. ๐‘Š๐‘œ๐‘š๐‘’๐‘›โ€™๐‘  ๐ท๐‘Ž๐‘ฆ ๐‘–๐‘  ๐‘๐‘’๐‘™๐‘’๐‘๐‘Ÿ๐‘Ž๐‘ก๐‘’๐‘‘ ๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘›๐‘ข๐‘Ž๐‘™๐‘™๐‘ฆ ๐‘–๐‘› ๐‘†๐‘œ๐‘ข๐‘กโ„Ž ๐ด๐‘“๐‘Ÿ๐‘–๐‘๐‘Ž ๐‘ก๐‘œ โ„Ž๐‘–๐‘”โ„Ž๐‘™๐‘–๐‘”โ„Ž๐‘ก ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’ ๐‘โ„Ž๐‘Ž๐‘™๐‘™๐‘’๐‘›๐‘”๐‘’๐‘  ๐‘Ž...

Building My Vision - An online programme

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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

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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

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๐—ฃ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐˜ ๐Ÿฎ ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐—ฆ๐˜๐—ฎ๐˜†๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ป๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ด๐—ต ๐—ฉ๐—ถ๐—ฟ๐˜๐˜‚๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—ฃ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—ด๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—บ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐—ง๐—ต๐—ฒ '๐—น๐—ผ๐—ฐ๐—ธ๐—ฑ๐—ผ๐˜„๐—ป' ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜๐—ถ๐—ป๐˜‚๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ด๐—ฎ๐—ด๐—ฒ ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฎ๐—ณ๐—ณ ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐˜ƒ๐—ถ๐—ฟ๐˜๐˜‚๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—ฝ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—ด๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—บ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐˜„๐—ต๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ต ๐˜€๐˜๐—ถ๐—น๐—น ๐—ธ๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ฝ๐˜€ ๐˜‚๐˜€ ๐—ถ๐—ป๐˜๐—ฒ...

Staying connected through Virtual Programmes

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๐—ง๐—ต๐—ฒ '๐—น๐—ผ๐—ฐ๐—ธ๐—ฑ๐—ผ๐˜„๐—ป' ๐˜€๐˜๐—ถ๐—น๐—น ๐—ธ๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ฝ๐˜€ ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฎ๐—ณ๐—ณ ๐—ฏ๐˜‚๐˜€๐˜† ๐—ฎ๐˜€ ๐˜„๐—ฒ ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐˜๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฒ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ ๐—ฎ๐—ฏ๐—น๐—ฒ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—ฝ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ถ๐—ฝ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฒ ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐˜ƒ๐—ถ๐—ฟ๐˜๐˜‚๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—ฝ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—ด๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—บ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐˜„๐—ต๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ต ๐˜€๐˜๐—ถ๐—น๐—น ๐—ธ๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ฝ๐˜€ ๐˜‚๐˜€ ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ป๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ ...

Action Against Poverty - Mandela Day 2020

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KwaZulu-Natal Museum visited the SOS Childrenโ€™s Village in Pietermaritzburg, to donate food parcels for Mandela Day. #ActionAgainstPovertyย #MandelaDa...

Cell C Take a Girl Child to Work goes Digital

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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

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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

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๐—ช๐—œ๐—ก๐—ก๐—˜๐—ฅ๐—ฆ ๐—ข๐—™ ๐—ง๐—›๐—˜ ๐—ฌ๐—ข๐—จ๐—ง๐—› ๐— ๐—ข๐—ก๐—ง๐—› ๐—–๐—ข๐— ๐—ฃ๐—˜๐—ง๐—œ๐—ง๐—œ๐—ข๐—ก The winner of the ๐˜€๐—บ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐˜๐—ฝ๐—ต๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฒ is:๐—”๐— ๐—”๐—›๐—Ÿ๐—˜ ๐— ๐—ง๐—›๐—˜๐—ง๐—›๐—ช๐—”๐‘“๐‘Ÿ๐‘œ๐‘š ๐‘€๐‘Ž๐‘๐‘’๐‘๐‘Ž ๐‘†๐‘’๐‘๐‘œ๐‘›๐‘‘๐‘Ž๐‘Ÿ๐‘ฆ ๐‘†๐‘โ„Ž๐‘œ๐‘œ๐‘™ ๐‘–๐‘› ๐‘๐‘ž๐‘ข๐‘ก๐‘ข The winner of the ๐—น๐—ฎ๐—ฝ๐˜...

Linda Davis Retirement

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๐—ง๐—ต๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐˜„๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ธ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ž๐—ญ๐—ก ๐— ๐˜‚๐˜€๐—ฒ๐˜‚๐—บ ๐˜€๐—ฎ๐—ถ๐—ฑ ๐—ณ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐˜„๐—ฒ๐—น๐—น ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฒ ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐—ถ๐˜๐˜€ ๐—น๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ด๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜ ๐˜€๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜ƒ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ฒ๐—บ๐—ฝ๐—น๐—ผ๐˜†๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐˜€, ๐— ๐˜€ ๐—Ÿ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฑ๐—ฎ ๐——๐—ฎ๐˜ƒ๐—ถ๐˜€. ๐—Ÿ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฑ๐—ฎ ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜€ ๐˜„๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ธ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐˜„๐—ถ๐˜๐—ต ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—บ๐—ผ๐—น๐—น๐˜‚๐˜€๐—ฐ ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—น๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿต ๐—ฎ...

Scifest in the Digital Age

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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

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#DidYouKnowย ย #ThisHistoricDay ๐—œ๐—ป ๐˜๐—ต๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐—ฝ๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐˜๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—ถ๐˜ ๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐— ๐—ฏ๐˜‚๐˜†๐—ถ๐˜€๐—ฎ ๐— ๐—ฎ๐—ธ๐—ต๐˜‚๐—ฏ๐—ผ, ๐—ฎ ๐—ฆ๐—ผ๐˜„๐—ฒ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜, ๐˜„๐—ต๐—ผ ๐—ฝ๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ธ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐—›๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐˜๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐—ฃ๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€๐—ผ๐—ป ๐˜‚๐—ฝ ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ, ๐˜๐—ผ๐—ด๐—ฒ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐˜„๐—ถ๐˜๐—ต ๐—›๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐˜๐—ผ๐—ฟโ€™๐˜€ ...

Commemorating Youth Day

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๐—ฌ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐˜๐—ต ๐——๐—ฎ๐˜† ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—บ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—บ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ฆ๐—ผ๐˜„๐—ฒ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—จ๐—ฝ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด, ๐˜„๐—ต๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ต ๐˜๐—ผ๐—ผ๐—ธ ๐—ฝ๐—น๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐Ÿญ๐Ÿฒ ๐—๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ฒ ๐Ÿญ๐Ÿต๐Ÿณ๐Ÿฒ, ๐˜„๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ผ๐˜‚๐˜€๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ๐˜€ ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐˜€๐˜๐˜‚๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜๐˜€ ๐˜„๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—ฎ๐—บ๐—ฏ๐˜‚๐˜€๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐—ฏ๐˜† ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ฎ๐—ฝ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ถ๐—ฑ ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ด๐—ถ๐—บ๐—ฒ. ๐‘‚๐‘›...

Monitoring long-term Environmental Changes

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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

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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

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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

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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

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Toย 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

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Africa Month: Seashells and Their Importance in Conservation

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๐—”๐—ณ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ ๐— ๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜๐—ต: ๐—ฆ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐˜€๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—น๐—น๐˜€ ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ถ๐—ฟ ๐—ถ๐—บ๐—ฝ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐˜๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ฒ ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜€๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜ƒ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐—”๐—ณ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐—ป ๐—ฏ๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€๐—ถ๐˜๐˜† ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ณ๐—ถ๐˜€๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐—ด๐—ฒ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜. ๐‘Šโ„Ž๐‘’๐‘› ๐‘ค๐‘’ ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘–๐‘›๐‘˜ ๐‘œ๐‘“ ๐‘ ๐‘’๐‘Ž๐‘ โ„Ž๐‘’๐‘™๐‘™๐‘  ๐‘œ๐‘ข๐‘Ÿ ...

Celebrating Africa Month Through our Research

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๐—–๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ฏ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—”๐—ณ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ ๐— ๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜๐—ต ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ด๐—ต ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐—ฅ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฐ๐—ต ย  ๐—ž๐—ป๐—ผ๐˜„๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ฑ๐—ด๐—ฒ ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐—”๐—ณ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐—ป ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐˜๐—ต๐˜„๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—บ๐˜€ ๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ฝ๐—น๐—ฒ๐˜๐—ฒ, ๐—ฎ๐˜€ ๐—ฎ ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜‚๐—น๐˜, ๐—ฎ ๐˜€๐—ผ๐˜‚๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ป ๐—”๐—ณ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐—ป ๐—ฐ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐˜€๐˜€-๐—ฏ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—ฝ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—ท๐—ฒ๐—ฐ...

Biodiversity Day

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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

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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

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Celebrating Africa Month Through our Scientific Collections

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Celebrating Africa Month Through our Collections ๐—ฆ๐—ถ๐˜†๐—ฎ๐—ฏ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ด๐—ฎ ๐—ญ๐—ฎ๐—บ๐—ถ๐˜€๐—ฎ ๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐—ฎ ๐——๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฎ ๐—ง๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ป๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ถ๐—ฎ๐—ป ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐——๐—ฒ๐—ฝ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐˜๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜ ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐—ก๐—ฎ๐˜๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—ฆ๐—ฐ๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ž๐—ญ๐—ก ๐— ๐˜‚๐˜€๐—ฒ๐˜‚๐—บ. ๐—›๐—ฒ ...

Celebrating Africa Month Through our Collections

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Celebrating Africa Month Through our Collections ย  ๐— ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฎ๐—ฏ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ผ ๐—ญ๐—ถ๐—ด๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ถ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐—ด๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—š๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—–๐—ผ๐—น๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜€ ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ฝ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐˜€๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐—ถ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜€ ๐—ณ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—บ ๐˜ƒ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐˜€ ๐˜๐—ฎ๐˜…๐—ฎ ๐˜€...

IMD Newspaper Coverage

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International Museum Day 2020

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#๐—œ๐— ๐——๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฌย | ๐— ๐˜‚๐˜€๐—ฒ๐˜‚๐—บ๐˜€ ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐—˜๐—พ๐˜‚๐—ฎ๐—น๐—ถ๐˜๐˜†: ๐——๐—ถ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€๐—ถ๐˜๐˜† ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—œ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—น๐˜‚๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป ย  ๐—ž๐˜„๐—ฎ๐—ญ๐˜‚๐—น๐˜‚โ€“๐—ก๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฎ๐—น ๐— ๐˜‚๐˜€๐—ฒ๐˜‚๐—บ ๐—ณ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜๐—น๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฒ ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฎ๐—ณ๐—ณ ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ณ๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐˜ ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐˜„๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ๐˜† ๐—บ๐—ถ๐˜€๐˜€ ๐—บ๐—ผ๐˜€๐˜ ๐—ฎ๐—ฏ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐˜ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ถ๐—ฟ ๐˜„๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ธ ๐—ฑ๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ถ...

Africa Month: Rock art of the Groot Winterhoek Mountains

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Africa Month: Rock art of the Groot Winterhoek Mountains ย  ๐——๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—”๐—ณ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ ๐— ๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜๐—ต, ๐—ž๐—ญ๐—ก ๐— ๐˜‚๐˜€๐—ฒ๐˜‚๐—บ ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ฏ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐—ถ๐˜๐˜€ ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ป๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜€ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—ผ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—ฝ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐˜ƒ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ฒ๐˜€. ๐—ช๐—ฒ ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ฏ...

Africa Month: A Focus on Objects

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

Cecilia Makiwane, First Registered Black Nurse in South Africa

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๐—–๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐—ถ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ฎ ๐— ๐—ฎ๐—ธ๐—ถ๐˜„๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฒ ๐˜„๐—ฎ๐˜€ ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ด๐—ถ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐—ฎ๐˜€ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ณ๐—ถ๐—ฟ๐˜€๐˜ ๐—ฏ๐—น๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ธ ๐—ฝ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—ณ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—ป๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐˜€๐—ฒ ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐—ฆ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐˜๐—ต ๐—”๐—ณ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ. She was born in 1880 at the MacFarlane Mission in the Victor...

Florence Nightingale

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๐——๐—ถ๐—ฑ ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚ ๐—ธ๐—ป๐—ผ๐˜„ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐˜๐—ผ๐—ฑ๐—ฎ๐˜† ๐—ฎ๐—น๐˜€๐—ผ ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ธ๐˜€ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿฌ๐˜๐—ต ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ป๐—ถ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐˜† ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ฏ๐—ถ๐—ฟ๐˜๐—ต ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐—™๐—น๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ฒ ๐—ก๐—ถ๐—ด๐—ต๐˜๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด๐—ฎ๐—น๐—ฒ? ๐—™๐—น๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ฒ ๐—ก๐—ถ๐—ด๐—ต๐˜๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด๐—ฎ๐—น๐—ฒ, ๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐—ณ๐—ฎ๐—บ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐˜€ ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ด๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐˜„๐—ฎ๐˜† ๐—ป๐˜‚...

International Nurses Day

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Africa Month: A Focus on Objects

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๐—”๐—ณ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ ๐— ๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜๐—ต: ๐—” ๐—™๐—ผ๐—ฐ๐˜‚๐˜€ ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—ข๐—ฏ๐—ท๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐˜๐˜€ During Africa Month, the KZN Museum celebrates the connections between KZN and the rest of the African continent. ...

Africa Month: A tale of Aprons

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๐—”๐—ณ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ ๐— ๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜๐—ต: ๐—” ๐—ง๐—ฎ๐—น๐—ฒ ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐—”๐—ฝ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜€ During Africa Month, KZN Museum celebrates its connections to other countries in the region and on the continent. We...

Earth Day Social Media Competition

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Toย 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

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๐—ง๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ž๐—ญ๐—ก ๐— ๐˜‚๐˜€๐—ฒ๐˜‚๐—บ ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐—ถ๐—ป๐˜€ ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—น๐—ผ๐—ฐ๐—ธ๐—ฑ๐—ผ๐˜„๐—ป ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—น๐—ฒ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—น ๐Ÿฐ ๐—ฏ๐˜‚๐˜ ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐— ๐˜‚๐˜€๐—ฒ๐˜‚๐—บ ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฎ๐—ณ๐—ณ ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜๐—ถ๐—ป๐˜‚๐—ฒ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐˜„๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ธ ๐—ฎ๐˜€ ๐—ฎ ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—บ, ๐—ฏ๐˜‚๐˜ ๐—ณ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—บ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐˜ ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ถ๐—ฟ ๐—ต๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ฒ. For those visito...

Working from home during the lockdown

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WORKING FROM HOME DURING THE LOCKDOWNย  ย  Dr Ghilraen Laue, a Curator from our Human Sciences Department, shares herย #lockdownย experience with us:For...

365 Campaign Against Gender Based Violence

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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

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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

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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

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Chasing Hover Flies

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Chasing Hover Flies ย  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

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Here at the KZN Museum we have taken matters into our own hands, literally, in response to theย #covid19ย outbreak. Chief Outreach Education Officer M...

KZN Museum Annual Book Swap

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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

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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

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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

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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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