What's on at Iziko Museums
July - September 2008

"What’s On at Iziko" is the quarterly newsletter of Iziko Museums of Cape Town. This publication lists details of current exhibitions, special programmes and activities of the Friends organizations. This list is by no means comprehensive - for a complete list, follow the links to the individual museum sites.

For the latest updates on exhibitions and events at Iziko, see Press Releases.

• iziko museums
• education and public programmes
• south african national gallery
• friends of the south african national gallery
• michaelis collection
• friends of the michaelis collection
• castle of good hope
• bo-kaap museum
• groot constantia
• koopmans-de wet
• rust en vreugd
• maritime centre
• slave lodge
• natural history collections
• south african museum
• friends of the south african museum
• planetarium
   

Iziko is committed to making its museums accessible to all South Africans. Our museums are open free of charge to everyone on special days of the year. In August and September Iziko Museums invite you and your families to celebrate the following commemorative days with us:

National Women’s Day: 9 August 2008

Heritage Week: 22 to 28 September 2008

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Museum Treasure Hunts 5 & 26 August and 9 & 23 September 2008

Iziko Women’s Day Programme 7 August 2008

Public Lectures and Dialogues: Uncovering history: Engaging the past in order to live better in the present 13 August 2008

Iziko Heritage Month Programme 1–30 September 2008

Tours at Iziko Museums Current

Slavery Walking Trail Current

Iziko Mobile Museum Current

Pancho Guedes: An Alternative Modernist’ Until 31 August 2008

Forty Years of Friendship: The Friends of the SA National Gallery: 1968–2008 Until 28 September 2008

Albert Adams Retrospective Exhibition Opens 19 July 2008

Women for Children Opens 9 August 2008

Walkabout of the exhibition 40 Years of Friendship with Hayden Proud & Joe Dolby Sunday 3 August

Studio Visit – John Bauer Saturday 16 August

Walkabout of the exhibition Print ’08: Myth, Memory and the Archive with Fritha Langerman Thursday 21 August

Friends’ Farewell on the occasion of Marilyn Martin’s retirement Wednesday 27 August

Lecture on Wolf Kibel by Joe Wolpe Wednesday 3 September

Meet the Artist – Berni Searle Thursday 11 September

Private view of works by Peter Clarke at Café//Gam and the museum in Caledon Saturday 20 September

Dutch Treat: Dutch works from the 17th–20th centuries in Iziko collections Current

A programme of chamber music, including works by Dvorak and Brahms by Jürgen Schwietering (violin) and Alex Gabriel (piano) 14 September 2008

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William Fehr Collection Current

Timbuktu: Script & Scholarship 8 August - 3 September 2008

Public Tours of Timbuktu: Script & Scholarship 8 August and Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays from 12 to 30 August

Bo-Kaap Museum Current

What’s up at Groot Constantia? Current

Jonkershuis Winter Buffet Current

Koopmans-De Wet House Current

Enjoy a quiet moment Current

The Marsh collection Current

Remembering Slavery Current

Celebrating Women: 'Our Triumphs and Our Tears'  and 'Malibongwe: Let Us Praise the Women' Until 31 August 2008

Biodiversity Explorer website re-launch Current

/Qe The Power of Rock Art Current

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Walkabout of the Timbuktu: Script and Scholarship Exhibition with  Lindsay Hooper 9 August 2008

Anglo-Boer History weekend outing with Michael Rice to  Riebeek West and Matjiesfontein 16-17 August 2008

Lecture by Wikus van Niekerk: 'Options for renewable energy in South Africa' 26 August 2008

Day trip to Intaka Island with Philke Cakebread 27 September 2008

Lecture by Douglas Cole: 'The building stones of Cape Town' 30 September 2008

The Twinkle Show Until 24 September 2008

Sunshine Simon and the dark day Until  24 September 2008

The Sky Tonight Current

Do the Stars Influence Your Life? From 1 August 2008