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The following news items include press releases and other
newsworthy information relating to exhibitions, education and public
programmes and anything else linked to Koopmans-De Wet House.
Posted June 2010
Visit Iziko Museums of Cape Town for free this Youth Day
14/06/2010
Iziko Museums of Cape Town celebrates the significance of
Youth Day this Wednesday, 16 June, by welcoming the public to
visit our national museums for free (excluding the Castle of
Good Hope and Iziko Planetarium). It is apt that South Africa
celebrates our youth’s significant and courageous contribution
to our democracy, as the world watches us host the most
momentous sporting event to ever be held on African soil.
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Posted May 2010
Iziko celebrates International Museum Day 2010
11/05/2010
On 18 May 2010 museums around the world will celebrate
International Museum Day. Museums wield the potential to
serve as platforms from which cultural exchange, awareness
and enrichment can be facilitated in order to promote
tolerance and understanding. Iziko Museums of Cape Town will
also celebrate this international event by granting visitors
free access to its sites (excluding the Castle of Good
Hope), as well as hosting a dynamic outreach programme on
the day...
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Re-opening of Iziko Social History Library
03/05/2010
The newly-renovated Iziko Social History Centre, located at
17 Church Square in the City Centre, re-opened its library
to the public on the 12 April 2010. The Social History
Library, is one of three Iziko Museums of Cape Town
libraries and focuses on the history and people of southern
Africa, with a special interest in Cape Town and the Western
Cape...
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Posted April 2010
Visit Iziko Museums for free on
Freedom Day
22/04/2010
Iziko Museums of Cape Town celebrates the significance of
Freedom Day this Tuesday, 27th April, by welcoming the public
to visit our national museums for free (excluding the Castle
of Good Hope and Iziko Planetarium).
Freedom Day marks South Africa's first non-racial democratic
elections of 1994. What better way to commemorate our nation’s
struggle for liberation and our eventual realisation of
equality and dignity for all South Africans, than by visiting
Iziko Museums...
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Iziko Museums of Cape Town
Council Announcement
08/04/2010
The Council of Iziko Museums is
pleased to announce that Ms Rooksana Omar has been appointed
as the Chief Executive Officer (Designate) for Iziko Museums.
Ms Omar holds an MBA and BA (Hons) degree and is currently the
Director of the Luthuli Museum, a National Cultural
Institution in KwaZulu Natal. In this capacity she has
provided leadership on both a strategic and operational level,
successfully delivering a relevant and dynamic programme
whilst ensuring strong governance, compliance and unqualified
audits...
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Posted March 2010
Visit Iziko Museums for Free on Human Rights Day
17/03/2010
Iziko Museums of Cape Town commemorates and celebrates the
significance of Human Rights Day this Sunday, 21st March, by
welcoming the public to visit our national museums for free
(excluding the Castle of Good Hope and Iziko Planetarium)...
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Posted January 2010
Summer School 2010
18/01/2010
Iziko Museums of Cape Town launches its annual Summer School programme on 30th January and runs until 7th March 2010. The fundamental objective of this initiative is to facilitate cultural engagement and to provide a forum for some of our nation’s most relevant issues....
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