News from 2009

The following news items include press releases and other newsworthy information relating to Education and Public Programmes activities.

Posted December 2009

Celebrate Summer at the hearth of our heritage 10/12/2009
Dive into our Heritage with Iziko Museums of Cape Town as it launches its Celebrate Summer campaign. The campaign will run from the 15th December 2009 until Human Rights day on the 21st March 2010. Access coupons will be available at malls, tourist information stands and newspaper cut-outs. These coupons will permit free access for two adults to any of the Iziko Museums of Cape Town (excluding the Castle of Good Hope and the Planetarium) Children aged sixteen and under enter for free all year round... More >>

Posted November 2009

Free access to Iziko Museums on World Aids and Emancipation Day 10/12/2009
On 1st December - World Aids and Emancipation Day, Iziko Museums of Cape Town will commemorate these two global occurrences by granting the public free access to all its sites. On the 1st December, the public is invited to join Iziko staff at the Iziko Castle of Good Hope for a guided tour of the Not Alone exhibition, attend an interactive performance workshop at Rust and Vreugd, as well as attend talks about HIV/Aids and Human Trafficking at the Iziko Slave Lodge... More >>

Posted September 2009

Iziko Museums celebrates Heritage Week with Free Entrance 07/09/2009
This Heritage Day, Iziko Museums are offering the public a unique and exciting programme of events. To further commemorate the occasion, entrance to all Iziko Museums will be free to the public from 21-27 September 2009... More >>

August 2009 Once again Iziko Museums of Cape Town invite Capetonians and visitors alike to gain FREE entrance to Iziko Museums of Cape Town on an upcoming commemorative day, National Women’s Day on August 9th 31/07/2009
On August 9, 1956, 20,000 women staged a march on the Union Buildings in Pretoria to protest against the proposed amendments to the Urban Areas Act (commonly known as the pass laws) of 1950. More >>

Free Entrance at Iziko Museums of Cape Town on Africa Day 21/05/2009
Iziko Museums of Cape Town plays host to a thought provoking programme of public events between Wednesday 17th June and Saturday 25 July, when the Cape Town Holocaust Centre hosts a programme of public events.  Titled “Champions of the Child”, the events take place both at the Iziko South African National Gallery and at the Cape Town Holocaust Centre.  The focus of these events is on the life and legacy of Janusz Korczak and the rights of youth and children. More >>

Free Entrance at Iziko Museums of Cape Town on Africa Day 18/05/2009
Once again Iziko Museums of Cape Town invite all Capetonians and visitors alike to gain FREE entrance to Iziko Museums of Cape Town on the commemorative day of Africa Day: Monday 25 May.… More >>

Iziko Museums of Cape Town celebrates International Museum day with Symposia, Heritage Treasure Hunt, Art Book Sale and more... 15/05/2009
Who could possibly forget childhood memories of discovering with wide-eyed curiosity, for the very first time ever, the treasure chest of wonders on display at the local museum? There is every reason to rekindle such memories on a regular basis: to begin with, why not join Iziko Museums of Cape Town in celebrating events taking place around International Museum Day, Monday 18th May? The theme for 2009 is "Museums and Tourism"… More >>

Implantation Treasure Hunt postponed due to inclement weather forecast 15/05/2009
Due to the Museum prediction of gale force winds and driving rains for Saturday, 16 May, Iziko Museums of Cape Town has decided to postpone the Implantation Treasure Hunt until Saturday, 23 May... More >>

Celebrate Youth Day with free entrance at all Iziko Museums of Cape Town and exciting events 09/05/2009
Youth Day, 16th June commemorates a time in our history when the young people of South Africa made their mark  by standing up for their rights in a time when even most adults were intimidated to do so by the then apartheid government,  And what a better way to celebrate our history and heritage than by visiting any one of Iziko Museums of Cape Town’s12 museums where you can enter for free (except the Castle of Good Hope)... More >>

Iziko Museums Youth Month celebrates the life of artist Thami Mnyele at public seminar on 17 June 07/05/2009
As part of our youth month celebrations, Iziko Museums of Cape Town will host a seminar to remember one of the unsung young heroes of our country’s struggle against apartheid, Thamsanqa (Thami) Mnyele.  This public event will be held on the 17th June at 12.00 – 14.00 in the TH Barry Lecture Theatre at the Iziko South African Museum, 25 Queen Victoria Street, Cape Town... More >>

Posted March 2009

Braille Exhibition for Whale Well as Iziko Museums of Cape Town get into spirit of South African Library Week 13/03/2009
In celebration of South African Library Week (Monday 16 until Saturday 21 March), Iziko Museums of Cape Town’s Natural History, Social History and Art Collections Libraries will again be hosting their annual popular Library Week programme. More >>

The Tropics: Views from the Middle of the Globe 13/03/2009
Paradise, or unpredictable, menacing jungle, escape or place of damnation? This exhibition investigates the myth of “the tropics” through the juxtaposition of contemporary and pre-modern artworks. Contemporary artistic involvement with the myth of “the tropics” is juxtaposed with historical objects from the geographically defined belt of the tropics. More >>

Posted February 2009

A trip to Sutherland to view the universe 23/02/2009
From 7-8 March, Iziko Museums will be hosting an excursion to the Sutherland Observatory, home of the South African Large Telescope. Ably led by astrophysicist, Prof Emeritus Brian Warner, the event is a must for anyone fascinated with the universe, the great outdoors and its geology, and the stark beauty of the Karoo. More >>

Posted January 2009

It’s “Laduuuma!” As Iziko Summer School hosts soccer indaba to explore museums as spaces for creative tourism and interaction: 2010 and beyond 27/01/2009
It’s time to blast your vuvuzelas as Iziko Museums of Cape Town scores another “Laduuuma!” With the big “Twenty Ten” on every South African’s lips, Iziko Summer School 2009 is initiating a Soccer Indaba. Exploring ways in which museums can be used as spaces for creative tourism and interaction: 2010 and beyond, the event takes place at the South African Museum’s TH Barry Lecture Theatre on Saturday 7 February from 10h00 until 13h00. At R30 for adults and R10 for students, the entrance fee is a steal. More >>

Life and times of Drum Magazine writer William Bloke Modisane to be celebrated at Iziko Summer School lecture 27/01/2009
Once again at the forefront of celebrating our past in a meaningful manner, organizers of Iziko Summer School 2009 anticipate a high uptake on the FREE lecture on ‘Blame Me on History’ author William Bloke Modisane. The ‘Remembering Differently: Identity & Collective Memory – William Bloke Modisane Remembered” lecture takes place at the South African Museum’s TH Barry Lecture Theatre on Wednesday 18 February at 17h30 for 18h00. In this public lecture, Dr Sam Raditlhalo will take us through the life and times of this important historical figure. More >>

Homegrown young climate change ambassadors to present a youth perspective on the global crisis at Iziko Summer School symposium… and it’s free! 27/01/2009
It’s FREE – and it’s never been more relevant than right now! A Climate Change Symposium with homegrown Young Climate Change Champions, who serve as environmental ambassadors in their local communities, is one of the offerings at Iziko Museums of Cape Town’s Iziko Summer School 2009. The symposium takes place at the South African Museum’s TH Barry Lecture Theatre on Thursday 26 February at 17h30 for 18h00. Celebrated South African freelance science journalist, columnist and author Leonie Joubert will partake in the symposium. Her books Scorched: South Africa’s changing climate (Honorary 2007 Sunday Times Alan Paton Non-Fiction Award) and Boiling Point: people in a changing climate, travel through South Africa’s remarkable countryside and tell the stories of places and people that are vulnerable to climate change. More >>

Peer through Galileo’s lens: Iziko Summer School celebrates U.N.-declared International Year of Astronomy 27/01/2009
Mother City residents and visitors might want to add a telescope to their shopping list if inspired to become amateur astronomers after attending the forthcoming Iziko Summer School 2009’s FREE and next-to-no-cost astronomy based activities… More >>

Respected artsy types to debate how artworks and art trends challenge categories of art in face of globalization, digitalization, global warming and worldwide political and economic restructuring 27/01/2009
Visual artists, arts academics and curators from different areas of specialization unite. Set to debate how artworks and art trends challenge categories of art in the face of globalization, digitalization, global warming and worldwide political and economic restructuring at an Iziko Summer School symposium are Virginia MacKenny, Sean O’ Toole, Bettina Malcomess, Ernestine White, Nadja Daehnke, Lize van Robbroek and Unathi Kondile. More >>

Bumper line-up at Iziko Museums Of Cape Town for first quarter of 2009 27/01/2009
Mother City residents and visitors alike can look forward to a bumper line-up of exhibits at Iziko Museums of Cape Town throughout 2009. "Our job here at Iziko Museums of Cape Town is primarily about sharing knowledge and providing access to our museums. It is also important that we forge new partnerships and shift existing audiences towards a wider interpretation of our natural history, art history and social history collections," says Professor H.C. (Jatti) Bredekamp, CEO of Iziko Museums of Cape Town. More >>

Red Cross Children’s Hospital patients to receive ‘Messages in a Box’ from young well-wishers 14/01/2009
Young patients with long-term illnesses at the Red Cross Children’s Hospital will soon have their spirits lifted by brightly coloured mobiles hanging above their beds. Creators of these ‘happy mobiles’ – Grade 4 learners from the Western Cape – have inserted special messages into each designer-made box. More >>