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Beat the heat at Iziko Museums
Beat the heat and dive into our heritage at Iziko Museums of South Africa. Find a cool place to explore art, history, people and more at any one of our 11 national museums in Cape Town.

Iziko South African National Gallery at the Cape Town Art Fair
Iziko Museums of South Africa will be represented by the Iziko South African National Gallery (ISANG) at the Cape Town Art Fair, which runs at the CTICC from 19-21 February 2016. Meet the curators and experience a ‘taster’ of the exhibition Studio: Celebrating the Lives and Work of South African Artists, currently on show at the ISANG. Studio is a ground-breaking exhibition featuring the work of over 100 South African artists in a pioneering, multi-layered showcase of South African history through art.

#IzikoStaffatWork—Meeting the Experts behind-the-scenes
Meet Ofentse Letebele – Multimedia Designer at the Planetarium, located at the Iziko South African Museum.

#IzikoStaffatWork—Meeting the experts behind-the-scenes
Meet Baheya Hardy – Librarian at the Social History Library, found in the Social History Centre on Church Square in the CBD.

#IzikoStaffatWork—Meeting the experts behind-the-scenes
Meet Dr Thalassa Matthews – Post-doctoral Researcher, Cenozoic Collections, Natural History Department.

The Price of Gold - An Exhibition of Photographs by Thom Pierce
A photographic exhibition entitled, The Price of Gold is on display at the Iziko Slave Lodge. Curated by Cape-Town photographer Thom Pierce, the exhibition raises awareness of a group of gravely ill miners and their families who have applied for a class-action lawsuit against the South African gold-mining industry for exposure to toxic silica dust in the mines. This relevant exhibition highlights the plight of South African miners as a human rights issue in an industry encumbered poor safety conditions, labour unrest and economic uncertainty.

#IzikoStaffatWork – Meeting the experts behind-the-scenes
Meet Eugene Bergh - Curator of Invertebrate Palaeontology and Geology, Natural History Department.

Iziko Commemorates the Abolition of Slavery in South Africa
Iziko Museums of South Africa is commemorating the abolition of slavery in South Africa, known as Emancipation Day, and World Aids Day on 1 December, with *free entrance to its museums. Cape Town has a dark and difficult history, as one of the largest slave-holding areas of South Africa, and the Iziko Slave Lodge was a central component of the slave trade in the Cape.Emancipation Day commemorates the 181st anniversary of the abolition of slavery in South Africa.

Exploring life ‘Between Darkness and Light’
Between Darkness and Light, the mid-career retrospective of South African photographer, Jodi Bieber, concludes on 19 November 2015. Currently on show at the Iziko South African National Gallery, the exhibition showcases a selection of work completed from 1993 to 2011, and explores South Africa following the advent of democracy in 1994.

History will break your Heart
Iziko Museums of South Africa will host an exhibition for the 2015 Standard Bank Young Artist Award winner for Visual Art from 19 November 2015 until 20 January 2016. Entitled History will Break your Heart, the exhibition, displayed at the Iziko South African National Gallery (ISANG), showcases works by Kemang Wa Lehulere, Ernest Mancoba and Gladys Mgudlandlu, as well as works made in collaboration with the artist’s aunt, Sophia Lehulere.
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RIP Sarah Carneson
We wish to extend our condolences to the Carneson family following the passing of anti-apartheid activist, Sarah Carneson on Friday, 30 October.

Oceans of Life Photographic Exhibition
Iziko Museums of South Africa and BirdLife South Africa will host the photographic exhibition, Oceans of Life at the Iziko South African Museum. The winner of the Oceans of Life photographic competition will be announced at the opening event on 12 October, which coincides with South Africa’s National Marine Week.
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