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Reading matters for International
Museum Day
16 May 2008
To commemorate International Museum Day Iziko Museums will
be holding a book sale in the amphitheatre in front of the
Iziko
South African Museum
from 10:00-15:00 on Friday 16 May. A wide range
of material, including books, journals and exhibition catalogues
covering a host of topics, will be available at reasonable prices.
The wide variety of literature will
ensure that there is something for everyone, especially those with
an interest in art history.
Enquiries: Suvashni or Maureen 021
467 4677.
Bobbin lacemaking at Groot Constantia for International Museum
Day
17 & 18 May 2008
The nimble-fingered ladies of the Cape Lacemaking Guild will be
adding a delicate touch to the celebration of International Museum
Day. On 17 and 18 May, from 10:00 until 15:00 at
Groot
Constantia Estate, they will be giving demonstrations of
bobbin lacemaking and will also display an assortment of decorative,
yet practical hand-crafted items such as wedding veils, tea-cloths,
brooches, fridge magnets and bookmarks.
Bobbin lacemaking dates back to the 15th century but is alive and
well thanks to its many practitioners and fans. Visitors to the
event are invited to not only watch these craftspeople at work, but
to also try their hand at this ancient but ever-popular craft.
Contact Wieke at Tel. 082 593 4497 for details of the event.
Biodiversity Explorer website relaunch!
Biodiversity
Explorer
was first launched eight years ago, on International Museum
Day (18 May 2000), and has been steadily growing in content and
profile since then. It has recently undergone a major revision and
this year’s International Museum Day serves as an opportunity to
launch this new version. It contains over 5000 web pages and over
4000 images. There are also two large companion sites to
Biodiversity Explorer, one on the
wasps of Africa
with over 4600 pages and 4200 images, and the other on figs and
fig
wasps of the world
with over 1250 pages and 1400 images. Click here to read the press
release.
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