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๐—œ๐—ป ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—บ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐˜† ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐—ž๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—š๐—ผ๐—ผ๐—ฑ๐˜„๐—ถ๐—น๐—น ๐—ญ๐˜„๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ถ๐˜๐—ต๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ถ ๐—ธ๐—ฎ๐—•๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ธ๐˜‚๐˜‡๐˜‚๐—น๐˜‚ (๐Ÿญ๐Ÿต๐Ÿฐ๐Ÿด-๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿญ)
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We are saddened by his passing and our deepest sympathies go to the Royal family and the Zulu nation.  
The KZN Museum staff met with King Zwelithini a number of years ago when we were doing a gallery upgrade concerning Indigenous Knowledge Systems and Conservation.  If you would like to watch the full video please click on the link below.
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Free webinar : The Necessity For Essential Oils

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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...

Holiday Programme

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Enviro Reach Education: Life Sciences

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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...

Easter Holiday closure

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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...

A sad farewell!

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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

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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...

Lala Uphumule Hlangalomhlabathi!

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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...

Library Week events

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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...

KZN Museum Library

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#Didyouknow that the KwaZulu-Natal Museum is home to one of South Africaโ€™s largest specialist research libraries? The library has ste...

Library Week

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March 15 marks the commencement of South African Library Week. The initiative celebrates the important role libraries play, in creating learning...

๐—œ๐—ป ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—บ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐˜† ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐—ž๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—š๐—ผ๐—ผ๐—ฑ๐˜„๐—ถ๐—น๐—น ๐—ญ๐˜„๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ถ๐˜๐—ต๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ถ ๐—ธ๐—ฎ๐—•๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ธ๐˜‚๐˜‡๐˜‚๐—น๐˜‚

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๐—œ๐—ป ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—บ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐˜† ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐—ž๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—š๐—ผ๐—ผ๐—ฑ๐˜„๐—ถ๐—น๐—น ๐—ญ๐˜„๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ถ๐˜๐—ต๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ถ ๐—ธ๐—ฎ๐—•๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ธ๐˜‚๐˜‡๐˜‚๐—น๐˜‚ (๐Ÿญ๐Ÿต๐Ÿฐ๐Ÿด-๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿญ) We are saddened by his passing and our deepest sympathies go to the Roy...

Holding history in her hands

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"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!

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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

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THE DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SCIENCES GROWS FOR 2021 The Department of Human Sciences has seen a significant influx of volunteers, interns, and supervised...

Heeding the call to action!

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The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic has had a devastating impact on South Africaโ€™s education system, which is evident from a 5.1% drop in the matric pass ...

Human Rights Month

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Weโ€™re kicking off Human Rights month with a bang! . . . Today marks the 8th annual celebration of Zero Discrimination day. This is an initiative...

Photographing the collections

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We have regular requests from many scientists to examine specimens in our collections. It is often preferable to send photographs to scientists instea...

Canoeing Coaching Clinic

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On Friday 12th of February 2021, the KwaZulu-Natal Museum in conjunction with a local group called, Blue Birds, organised a canoeing coaching clinic...

Archaeology Intern

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Today we highlight Chiara Singh, an archaeology intern at the KZN Museumโ€™s Human Sciences department. Chiara is part of the 30 interns employed at t...

Meet our staff

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I love my job because I am a peopleโ€™s 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

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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...

Behind the scenes

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The Exhibitions department regularly measures temperatures, light and relative humidity in the galleries to provide a representation of the environmen...

Symposium - Nomanslandโ€™s Past in Paint, Stone, Iron and Paper

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๐—™๐—ถ๐—ฟ๐˜€๐˜ ๐—”๐—ป๐—ป๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ฒ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜: ๐—–๐—ฎ๐—น๐—น ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐—˜๐˜…๐—ฝ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐—œ๐—ป๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜Nomanslandโ€™s Past in Paint, Stone, Iron, and PaperSymposium, KwaZulu-Natal Museum, 5-9 December 202...

New upgrades

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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 ...

History of Vaccines

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Because of the ongoing global pandemic, the KwaZulu-Natal Museum took the initiative to put up relevant and informative signs in the courtyard area ...

No mask no entry!

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The KwaZulu-Natal Museum follows strict Covid19 regulations, among other things, no mask no entry. Weโ€™ve even gone to the extent of instilling thi...

Power of Georeferencing

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In order for the world to better understand climatic changes, things like Species Distribution Models (SMDs) are mostly used to understand what we cal...

Marketing Internship - online content

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Introducing our Marketing Intern, ๐—ข๐—ป๐—ด๐—ฒ๐˜‡๐—ถ๐˜„๐—ฒ ๐——๐—ฎ๐—บ๐—ผ๐˜†๐—ถ.Ongeziwe is learning about museum marketing and online content development.๐—ข๐—ป๐—ด๐—ฒ๐˜‡๐—ถ๐˜„๐—ฒ ๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐—ฝ๐—ฎ๐˜€๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฒ ๐—ฎ๐—ฏ...

We're open!

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After being closed from Thursday the 7th of January 2021 due to deep cleaning and sanitization, The KwaZulu-Natal Museum is now open. We ...

Museum closed temporarily

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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...

Marketing Intern - Digital Marketing

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๐—ก๐—ฒ๐˜„ ๐—ถ๐—ป๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ป ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐— ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ธ๐—ฒ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐——๐—ฒ๐—ฝ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐˜๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜Introducing our Digital Marketing Intern, Ronelle Ambrose, who is responsible for producing creative, promotion...

We're open!

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We are happy to officially open to the public as of the 4th of January 2021. We canโ€™t wait to see you back in the Museum immersing yourself in our bea...

2021 Promotional Calendar

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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...

Happy new year!

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May 2021 be your best year yet! Be safe and enjoy your new year's day! ย 

Happy new year!

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May 2021 be your best year yet! Be safe and enjoy your new year's day! ย 

Closed for the Holidays!

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We are officially closed from today and will open our doors to the public on the 4 January 2021, from 09h00 to 15h30.ย  ๐—ง๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ธ ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—ฒ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜†๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฒ ๐˜„๐—ต๐—ผ ๐˜€๐˜‚...

Holiday Hours

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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...

Field trip to Zululand forestsย ย ย ย ย ย 

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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

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Annual Intervention into the Human Sciences Collections For the 2020 intervention into the Human Sciences (DHS) Collections, a specialist object cons...

Cathsseta Marketing Internship

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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...

Science Education Outreach - free webinar

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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 ...

New faces at the Museum

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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...

Today, we remember the emancipation of slaves in South Africa

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On 1 December 1838, slaves were emancipated at the Cape Colony in South Africa. Some 39,000 slaves were freed from the system of โ€œapprenticeshipโ€. Whi...

World Aids Day

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The theme for this yearโ€™s World AIDS Day is โ€˜global solidarity, shared responsibilityโ€™. Antรณnio Guterres, the Secretary-General of the United Na...

116 years of KZN Museum

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Did you know that today marks the 116th anniversary of the KwaZulu-Natal Museum official opening? Yes, you heard right 116 YEARS, sounds old ...

Visit to Amazwi: South African Museum of Literature

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๐—ฉ๐—ถ๐˜€๐—ถ๐˜ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—”๐—บ๐—ฎ๐˜‡๐˜„๐—ถ: ๐—ฆ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐˜๐—ต ๐—”๐—ณ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐—ป ๐— ๐˜‚๐˜€๐—ฒ๐˜‚๐—บ ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐—Ÿ๐—ถ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐˜๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ฒ In early November of 2020, staff from the KwaZulu-Natal Museum (KZN Museum) visited A...

Private collections and Covid 19 related national lockdown

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During the national lockdown, most institutions did not allow access to their buildings. This meant that collections at these institutions were not ...

Remembrance Day

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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...

Halloween Competition Winners!

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Congratulations to the winners of our Halloween Competition - a very big thank you to KC's Butter Biscuits for the very generous sponsorship of ...

Anniversary of Indian workers arrival to South Africa

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The KZN Museum honours the South African Indian community in a gallery that celebrates its rich and diverse Indian culture. The gallery tells th...

Spider Craft

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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

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Archival Work at the Killie Campbell Africana Library With the reopening of public institutions after the Covid-19 lockdown, Angela Ferreira of the A...

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‘“...

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