South African’s celebrate Heritage Day in various ways. Dr Ghilraen Laue, Department of Human Sciences, KZN Museum, Professor Lyn Wadley and Dr Rosa M...
The KwaZulu-Natal Museum mourns the loss of Prince Mangosuthu Buthelezi, an iconic figure whose significant contributions to South Africa's political ...
Brenda O’Connor Generous Mollusc Donation In a heart-warming gesture of cultural preservation and community spirit, Brenda O’Connor has recently made...
The KwaZulu-Natal Museum at the Origin of the World Photo: J. Wintjes The exhibition The Origin of the World opened at Wits University’s Origi...
The KZN Museum is saddened by the passing of Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP) founder and Traditional Prime Minister to the Zulu Monarch, Prince Mangosuthu...
Archaeology-Remembering Past Staff: Professor Marlize Lombard Professor Marlize Lombard completed her undergraduate degree at the University of Sou...
Celebrating Fifty Years of Archaeology-Remembering Past Staff: Dr Jeremy Hollmann Dr Jeremy Hollmann completed his Bachelor of Social Sciences, maj...
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Interesting invertebrates of KwaZulu-Natal Fieldwork often results not only in important additions to the collections of the Museum, but in field obs...
Celebrating Fifty Years of Archaeology-Remembering Past Staff: Dr Carolyn Thorp Dr Carolyn Thorp completed her Honours degree at Reading University...
Congratulations to Dr John Midgley, who has been elected to international scientific bodies.The museum is excited to announce that Dr John Midgley, ...
The KZN Museum was proud to be part of the 9th annual Happy Earth Festival held at the Botanical Gardens from the 17-18 August 2023. Along with over 2...
Inspiring young minds and cultivating a brighter future for women in South Africa as we celebrate Women's Month under the theme "Accelerating Socio-...
Two new volunteers for the Human Sciences Department The KwaZulu-Natal Museum is pleased to welcome two new volunteers to the Human Sciences Departme...
A treasure trove of new rock art sites (re)discovered in the Waterberg Exploring remote areas of the Waterberg, an area rich in rock art, Dr Ghilraen...
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10th International Congress of Dipterology The International Congress of Dipterology (ICD) is usually held every four years, but due to Covid it was...
"𝑾𝒂 𝑻𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒕𝒂 𝑨𝒃𝒂𝒇𝒂𝒛𝒊, 𝑾𝒂 𝑻𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒕𝒂 𝑰𝒎𝒃𝒐𝒌𝒐: 𝑾𝒐𝒎𝒆𝒏 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒂𝒏𝒕𝒊-𝒂𝒑𝒂𝒓𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒊𝒅 𝒔𝒕𝒓𝒖𝒈𝒈𝒍𝒆 𝒊𝒏 𝑷𝒊𝒆𝒕𝒆𝒓𝒎𝒂𝒓𝒊𝒕𝒛𝒃𝒖𝒓𝒈," a photographic online exhibition on this very webs...
SPECIAL EDITION OF SOUTHERN AFRICAN HUMANITIES NOW AVAILABLE On Monday, 17 July 2023, the KwaZulu-Natal Museum published a special issue of the journ...
Night at the Museum preparations start during the day By Matabaro Ziganira Our annual Night at the Museum Winter Edition was no exception this year ...
Celebrating Fifty Years of Archaeology-Remembering Past Staff: Gavin Anderson Gavin Anderson joined the museum as an archaeologist in the Institute...
Celebrating Fifty Years of Archaeology-Remembering Past Staff: Dr Martin Hall Martin Hall was born in Guildford, England. He completed his bachelor...
#InternationalNelsonMandelaDay ended off on a high note as the KZN Museum donated some much needed educational necessities to Hawkstone Primary Scho...
Excavations at Emseni Members of the Human Sciences Department, KwaZulu-Natal Museum joined Kefilwe Rammutloa, PhD candidate at Yale University and L...
Further fieldwork in the Groot Winterhoek Mountains, Eastern Cape In April 2023, Dr Vibeke Viestad from the University of Oslo joined Drs Ghilraen La...
Processing new insect specimens into the entomology collection. Insect specimens are collected in the field using different types of techniques e.g. ...
Celebrating Fifty Years of Archaeology-Remembering Past Staff: Joane Swart Joané Swart studied archaeology and anthropology at the University of St...
Celebrating Fifty Years of Archaeology-Remembering Past Staff: Michael Moon Mike Moon was born in 1938 in Durban. He completed his schooling at Kea...
Celebrating Fifty Years of Archaeology-Remembering Past Staff: Dr Bronwen van Doornum Bronwen Louelle van Doornum was born on 25 May 1976. She star...
Celebrating Fifty Years of Archaeology-Remembering Past Staff: Valerie Ward Val Ward was born in 1935 in Durban, where she later studied and then p...
Celebrating Fifty Years of Archaeology-Remembering Past Staff: Dr Aron Mazel Aron joined the museum in 1979 immediately after completing his honour...
Celebrating Fifty Years of Archaeology-Remembering Past Staff: Dr Timothy Maggs Tim Maggs (on the left in the picture above) became involved in arc...
Rock Art at Bamboo Mountain – Part 2 In April Drs Ghilraen Laue and Justine Wintjes of the Department of Human Sciences, KZN Museum, and Dr Vibeke...
Rock Art at Bamboo Mountain – Part 1 In April Drs Justine Wintjes and Ghilraen Laue of the Department of Human Sciences, KZN Museum, along with Dr Vi...
In anticipation of Youth Month the KZN Museum has prepared a Youth Development Workshop on the 15 June 2023, from 9am - 1pm, to empower young peop...
KwaZulu-Natal Museum at Tourism Indaba Come and visit the South African Museums Association (SAMA) stand at the Tourism Indaba at the Durban Interna...
Mark your schedules and save the date! The KZN Museum's next storeroom talk will take place on Wednesday, 10th of May at 10h30. Gunther Moller will ...
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Data Liberator through PLAZI By Siya Zamisa Dr John Midgley and I attended a Plazi workshop that seeks to promote the development of pers...
Excavations near Weenen Archaeologist Gavin Whitelaw, KwaZulu-Natal Museum, and a team from the University of Pretoria led by Kefilwe Rammutloa are c...
RARE SLUG FROM DRAKENSBERG Over a 130 years ago, Henry Clifden Burnup (1852–1928), lived in Pietermaritzburg and was, essentially, the founder of the...
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Visit by Royal Armouries Between 1919 and 1920, the Secretary for State for the Colonies offered material from the Tower of London, which was part of...
New insights from old collections The KwaZulu-Natal Museum’s Human Sciences department is hosting three visiting researchers from Europe, Dr Gregor B...
A surprising find at Sibhudu Shelter! An exciting new kind of object was found during recent excavations at Sibhudu Shelter, near Ballito, on the no...
Happy Human Rights Day Today we celebrate the cornerstone of democracy in South Africa, the rights of all people in our country and the democratic v...
World Poetry Day celebrates linguistic diversity and recognizes the unique ability of poetry to capture the creative spirit of the human mind. ...
Getting a closer look at the differences between animal and plant cells with Mashaka Combined School during their formal Natural Science lesson on...
Fuze’s Gourd Installation discussed in International Seminar At a seminar hosted by the Research Centre for Material Culture in the Netherlands and h...
New Collaborative Research between Members of the Khoesan Community and Scholars at the KwaZulu-Natal Museum Published A paper entitled ‘Mijnheer Loc...
Read all about the happenings at the Museum during the month of February. Click on the word Febuary to access the newsletter.
Recent book donations to the KwaZulu-Natal Museum Library! Our warmest thanks go to recent donors of art, history, and archaeology books to the KwaZu...
South Coast sampling by Dr T Nxele Another interesting earthworm survey at Oribi Gorge took place in December 2023, where sugarcane was one of the si...
Our newsletter is out! Catch up on all things KZN Museum, click on the link below. January 2023 Newsletter
Documenting rock art in the Waterberg A panel of antelope in a small but densely painted shelter (Waterberg, photograph: G. Laue). The rock art o...
Posthumously-published paper by Professor Thomas N. Huffman available as open access Venda-type walling, Limpopo Province. Image credit: T. N. Huffma...
Seasonal Survey of horse flies by Dr Kirsten Williams Horse flies are usually seen as a nuisance that bite, but they are also important vectors of di...
Progress made on pollinating fly conservation by Dr John Midgley While most people are well aware of the role bees play in pollination, the role of o...
Fieldwork in the Groot Winterhoek Mountains, Eastern Cape In November 2022, Dr Vibeke Viestad from the University of Oslo joined Drs Ghilraen Laue an...
Research into ‘Bushman’ dress by visiting scholar Dr. V. M. Viestad The Department of Human Sciences recently hosted Dr Vibeke Maria Viestad from th...
Fuze’s gourd In 1904, the Museum received a donation of a beer gourd. The donor was probably the amakholwa writer and intellectual Magema Magwaza Fuz...
Congratulations to our staff that received long service awards today! Your years of service at the KwaZulu-Natal Museum are a true testimony of y...
Raising awareness to help fight the stigma and discrimination against HIV/AIDS.#kznmuseum #WorldAIDSDay #1stofDecember #RockTheRibbon
UKZN Press and The KwaZulu-Natal Museum invite you to celebrate the republication of Abantu Abamnyama Lapa Bavela Ngakona & The Black People and Whenc...
The public is invited to attend this book launch, to be held at the KZN Museum on Saturday, 26 November at 3pm. Entrance is free. Please RSVP...
Don’t worry! We have more snakes in the collection room by Matabaro Ziganira Over the last few months, our successful outreach programmes led by th...
«This little thing of ours», as one Ju|’hoan woman expressed it earlier this year, is a distinct part of San material culture. The tortoise-shell bo...
Excavations at Border Cave 2022 Border Cave is located in the Lebombo mountain range in KwaZulu-Natal overlooking eSwatini. This site is one of a few...
Exploring coral reef resilience When looking at the sand on a beach, one might not realise that it can contain many different types of shells: from t...
Imisundu njenga ihlala emhlabathini kusho ukuthi nokubaluleka kwayo kuse mhlabathini. Imisundu idla umhlabathi ihlanganise namacembe asefile awela pha...
