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Honouring the remarkable life of Charlotte Maxeke. MEC for Arts and Culture in KwaZulu-Natal, Ms Hlengiwe Mavimbela officially launched the Charlotte Makgomo Maxeke travelling exhibition at the KwaZulu-Natal Museum, today, 27th August 2021. The photographic exhibition highlights the life story of Charlotte Maxeke and celebrates the socio-religious contributions she made to South Africa.
KwaZulu-Natal Museum visitors will be able to experience the gallery from the 30th of August 2021 to the 30th of November 2021.
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Visiting Researchers from the University of Johannesburg

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Visiting Researchers from the University of Johannesburg In early June the KwaZulu-Natal Museum, Human Sciences Department, welcomed University of Jo...

Night at the Museum: Winter Edition

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The KwaZulu-Natal Museum presents Night at the Museum. So much to see including live snake shows! Loads of activities: archaeological exc...

Sharing Continued…Leads to Standardization of Datasets Information

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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

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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

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Just out: the book Archives of Times Past   A book titled Archives of Times Past: conversations about South Africa’s deep history, edited by Cynth...

Chemists, druggists and theatrics: a new donation for the KwaZulu-Natal Museum

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Chemists, druggists, and theatrics: a new donation for the KwaZulu-Natal Museum  Mr. Coyne holding one of the items donated: the ‘Dispensing Dept’ si...

Call for suppliers

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INVITATION TO SMEs TO SUBMIT THEIR COMPANY PROFILES KwaZulu-Natal Museum’s procurement operations are governed in accordance with the Public Finance ...

Taxonomy and Systematics Training Course

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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. ...

Africa Day at the Museum

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The KZN Museum will be celebrating Africa Day on the 25th May 2022 from 9am – 12:00 pm. The first part of the celebrations includes a lecture on Afric...

International Museum Day 2022

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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." ...

Collection expansion by interns

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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 Vinnicombe’s childhood home

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A visit to Patricia Vinnicombe’s childhood home "My main aim has been to demonstrate that the Bushman rock paintings are concerned not so much with t...

Launch of reading corner

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KZN Museum celebrated World Book and Copyright Day by launching a reading corner at the Learners Resource Centre.  Special thanks to guest sp...

World Book and Copyright Day

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Happy World Book and Copyright Day! 📖📗 Created by UNESCO on 23rd April 1995, World Book Day is a worldwide celebration, promoting the enjoyme...

Reading Corner Launch

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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...

Easter Weekend Hours

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𝗣𝗹𝗲𝗮𝘀𝗲 𝘁𝗮𝗸𝗲 𝗻𝗼𝘁𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗠𝘂𝘀𝗲𝘂𝗺 𝗵𝗼𝘂𝗿𝘀 𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗳𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝘄𝗲𝗲𝗸𝗲𝗻𝗱. Wishing you and your loved ones a peaceful long weekend. Stay safe. ...

Thomas Neil Huffman (17 July 1944 – 30 March 2022)

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Thomas Niel Huffman 17 July 1944 – 30 March 2022 Thomas (Tom) Huffman, professor emeritus of archaeology at Wits University, died yesterday at hom...

Snakes at the museum

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The KwaZulu-Natal Museum presents, "𝗦𝗻𝗮𝗸𝗲𝘀 𝗮𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗠𝘂𝘀𝗲𝘂𝗺: 𝗔 𝗟𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝗦𝗵𝗼𝘄 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗡𝗶𝗰𝗸 𝗘𝘃𝗮𝗻𝘀." Be captivated by master snake handler, Nick Evans- Snake Re...

The digest of the session “Biodiversity of Invertebrates” at the first Southern African Mountain Conference (14 – 17 MARCH 2022).

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More than 190 presentations on the subjects of “Protected Areas and Conservation”, “Communities & Livelihoods Governance, Agriculture and Tourism”, “B...

KZNM at the Southern African Mountain conference!

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KZNM at the Southern African Mountain conference! Last week was held the first Southern African Mountain Conference, ground-breaking in its attempt t...

Storytelling for Library Week

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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

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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

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Continued Fieldwork in the Groot Winterhoek Mountains, Eastern Cape Province In late 2021 Dr Ghilraen Laue of the Human Sciences Department at the KZ...

Library Week 2022

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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?

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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...

March Holiday Programme

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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...

International Women's Day

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Celebrating International Women's Day by raising awareness about women's equality and recognising the contributions of women and girls around the worl...

Book Collection

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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...

Formal Lessons with Schools - In House

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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

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Outbreak: Epidemics in a Connected World exhibition is finally here. The temporary exhibition explores Emerging Infectious Diseases and Pande...

Galleries re-opened!

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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...

Galleries Re-opened!

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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...

March Holiday Programme

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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...

Celebrating South Africa's diverse languages!

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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

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Sifundisa ngokubaluleka kwemisundu kwa Swayimane Dr Thembeka Nxele Abazukulu bakwagogo Khanyile bafunda amabanga aphansi, omdadlana ufunda ibanga le...

On this day in history!

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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...

Book Drive

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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...

KZN Museum and Scifest Africa Online

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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 2022

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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...

Outreach Education: Teaching Aids

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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...

New interns at the KZN Museum

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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...

Shark and Ray Conservation Wild Oceans and SAIAB

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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!

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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...

Sharing Information

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Siya Zamisa (Research Technician) in the Natural Science department shares some insight into some of what he does in his job. One of the most importa...

Season's greetings

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Season's greetings! Best wishes for a peaceful festive season and a wonderful and safe 2022!

Long Service Awards

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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...

Day of Reconciliation

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Today we celebrate a day that symbolises peace, unity and togetherness. Happy Day of Reconciliation South Africa! 🇿🇦  "The Year of Charlotte Maxeke...

January holiday programme

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Season's Greetings

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Best wishes for a safe and happy festive season and a wonderful new year!

Holiday Hours

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Species collected after 50 years

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A field trip to Umtamvuna Nature Reserve on the south coast in October yielded an interesting find.  A horse fly specimen was collected that was last ...

International Day of Persons with Disabilities

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In a first for the KwaZulu-Natal Museum, the museum's Education Department staged an event celebrating International Day of Persons with Disabilitie...

World Aids Day

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Fly Identification Training

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Dr John Midgley, Assistant Director of Natural Science, has recently returned from teaching the Third Training Course in Taxonomy and Systematics of A...

16 days of activism

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KZN Museum staff stand united against gender based violence. #gbv #genderbasedviolence #southafrica #women #genderequality #domesticviolence ...

Talk: Why flies are fantastic!

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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...

Monitoring and maintenance of specimens in galleries

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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

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Opening of Isivivane, an art installation by Mohau Modisakeng and UKZN’s Centre for Visual Arts at the KwaZulu-Natal Museum, 25 November 2021, 6.30 ...

Fieldwork in the Waterberg, Limpopo Province

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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

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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!

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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

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Rescue excavation of an Early Iron Age site near Umkomaas Excavation tea time: The excavation trench showing the shell layer and the partially exca...

Best Novice Speaker

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    Congratulations to our very own Siyabonga Zamisa (Research Technician: Database) for winning best Novice Speaker at the 85th South African Mus...

𝗙𝗶𝗿𝘀𝘁 𝗺𝗼𝗹𝗹𝘂𝘀𝗰 𝘁𝘆𝗽𝗲 𝘀𝗽𝗲𝗰𝗶𝗺𝗲𝗻 𝗿𝗲𝗰𝗼𝗿𝗱𝗲𝗱 𝗮𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗞𝘄𝗮𝗭𝘂𝗹𝘂-𝗡𝗮𝘁𝗮𝗹 𝗠𝘂𝘀𝗲𝘂𝗺.

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𝗙𝗶𝗿𝘀𝘁 𝗺𝗼𝗹𝗹𝘂𝘀𝗰 𝘁𝘆𝗽𝗲 𝘀𝗽𝗲𝗰𝗶𝗺𝗲𝗻 𝗿𝗲𝗰𝗼𝗿𝗱𝗲𝗱 𝗮𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗞𝘄𝗮𝗭𝘂𝗹𝘂-𝗡𝗮𝘁𝗮𝗹 𝗠𝘂𝘀𝗲𝘂𝗺. As we were checking the condition of some of the very old mater...

Highmoor Molluscs

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Unique collections held and curated at the Museum are a useful reference tool that allows monitoring long-term environmental changes in the ...

Storytelling Festival

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      The KZN Museum will be running a Storytelling Festival over September and October. The education department will be taking the festival out...

Enviro Reach Education: Life Sciences

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KZN Museum outreach education carries on in term 3 with our Enviro Reach programme. Grade 11 learners had the unique experience of doing sci...

Welcome Spring!

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    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!

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Honouring the remarkable life of Charlotte Maxeke! Honouring the remarkable life of Charlotte Maxeke. MEC for Arts and Culture in KwaZulu...

Celebrating Women at the KwaZulu-Natal Museum!

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  𝗖𝗲𝗹𝗲𝗯𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗪𝗼𝗺𝗲𝗻 𝗮𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗞𝘄𝗮𝗭𝘂𝗹𝘂-𝗡𝗮𝘁𝗮𝗹 𝗠𝘂𝘀𝗲𝘂𝗺 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗲𝘅𝗰𝗲𝗽𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗸 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝘆 𝗱𝗼.𝗤. 𝗧𝗲𝗹𝗹 𝘂𝘀 𝗮𝗯𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿𝘀𝗲𝗹𝗳 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗿𝗼𝗹𝗲 𝗮𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗞𝗭𝗡 𝗠𝘂𝘀𝗲𝘂𝗺.A. My na...

Celebrating Women at the KwaZulu-Natal Museum!

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  𝗖𝗲𝗹𝗲𝗯𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗪𝗼𝗺𝗲𝗻 𝗮𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗞𝘄𝗮𝗭𝘂𝗹𝘂-𝗡𝗮𝘁𝗮𝗹 𝗠𝘂𝘀𝗲𝘂𝗺 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗲𝘅𝗰𝗲𝗽𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗸 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝘆 𝗱𝗼.𝗤. 𝗧𝗲𝗹𝗹 𝘂𝘀 𝗮𝗯𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿𝘀𝗲𝗹𝗳 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗿𝗼𝗹𝗲 𝗮𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗞𝘄𝗮𝗭𝘂𝗹𝘂-𝗡𝗮𝘁𝗮𝗹 𝗠𝘂𝘀𝗲𝘂...

Frans Prins (1965-2021)

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Frans Prins (1965-2021) The KwaZulu-Natal Museum notes the passing of Frans Prins, a former Head of Anthropology. Frans graduated from the University...

Celebrating Women at the KwaZulu-Natal Museum!

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  𝐂𝐞𝐥𝐞𝐛𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐖𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐧 𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐊𝐰𝐚𝐙𝐮𝐥𝐮-𝐍𝐚𝐭𝐚𝐥 𝐌𝐮𝐬𝐞𝐮𝐦 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐞𝐱𝐜𝐞𝐩𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐤 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐝𝐨!Meet 𝗡𝗲𝗹𝗶𝘀𝗶𝘄𝗲 𝗠𝗮𝗿𝘆 𝗠𝗮𝗻𝘂𝗸𝘂𝘇𝗮, a BSc Honours in Zoology graduate fro...

Arbour Day Competition

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𝗘𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗠𝘂𝘀𝗲𝘂𝗺 𝗔𝗿𝗯𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗗𝗮𝘆 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗽𝗲𝘁𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘄𝗶𝗻 𝘀𝗼𝗺𝗲 𝗮𝘄𝗲𝘀𝗼𝗺𝗲 𝗽𝗿𝗶𝘇𝗲𝘀!! 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗳𝗼𝗹𝗹𝗼𝘄𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗰𝗿𝗶𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗮 𝘄𝗶𝗹𝗹 𝗯𝗲 𝘂𝘀𝗲𝗱 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗷𝘂𝗱𝗴𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗮𝗹𝗹 𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗿𝗶𝗲𝘀: You...

Celebrating Women who work at the KZN Museum

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𝗖𝗲𝗹𝗲𝗯𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗪𝗼𝗺𝗲𝗻 𝗮𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗞𝘄𝗮𝗭𝘂𝗹𝘂-𝗡𝗮𝘁𝗮𝗹 𝗠𝘂𝘀𝗲𝘂𝗺 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗲𝘅𝗰𝗲𝗽𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗸 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝘆 𝗱𝗼. 𝗤: 𝗧𝗲𝗹𝗹 𝘂𝘀 𝘄𝗵𝗼 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗴𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝗮 𝗯𝗿𝗶𝗲𝗳 𝗱𝗲𝘀𝗰𝗿𝗶𝗽𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻...

Rare fly found in South Africa after 160 years

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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...

Surveying Ukhahlamba Drakensberg

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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...

Mandela Day 2021

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Thank you to every single person who made a difference this last week. Heroes among us in  every shape, size and colour 🇿🇦 𝗪𝗲 𝘀𝗮𝗹𝘂𝘁𝗲 𝘆𝗼𝘂! #Mand...

Museum closed temporarily

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Please note that the KZN Museum will be closed to the public until further notice.   We do apologize for any inconvenience caused. Please contact t...

Rediscovery of a small rock art museum at the Royal Natal National Park

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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...

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