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Iziko Museums closed on 15 December

  • Dec 13, 2013

In honour of the memory and legacy of former President Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela (1918 – 2013)
Iziko Museums of South Africa will close the following museums on Sunday, 15 December 2013:

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Free Youth Concert at ISAM

  • Nov 27, 2013

Iziko Museums of South Africa (Iziko), in collaboration with the Desmond Tutu HIV Foundation (DTHF), will host a Youth Concert to commemorate World AIDS Day. The concert will take place  at the Iziko South African Museum (ISAM), 25 Queen Victoria street, Cape Town from 12:00 (noon) on on 30 November 2013.

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The Craft of Ubuntu:

  • Nov 27, 2013

The Craft of Ubuntuan exhibition of cross-cultural design and craft will be hosted by Iziko Museums of South Africa, at the Iziko South African National Gallery Annexe, from 3 to 7 December 2013. The exhibition reveals the processes and conversations that have emerged from the work of London-based designer Sarah Rhodes, Cape Town-based Andile Dyalvane from Imiso Ceramics and the women crafters of Kunye as they explore collaboration through making.

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The Parallel Museum within the Iziko South African Museum

  • Nov 25, 2013

Explorers have been collecting specimens and documenting the diversity of life for centuries. These records are distributed across varied and distinct natural history collections worldwide. An estimated three billion or more specimens are held in natural history collections around the world. Museums that house these collections have often been viewed as places filled with dark rows of dust covered taxidermy and weird pickled “things”, haunted by necromaniacs interested only in dead material. A view illustrated by a famous British politician who, upon his visit to a natural history museum in London, once asked “Why do we need all these bloody mice?”.

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Save with Iziko’s family ticket

  • Nov 25, 2013

You’re invited! A day out with your family has never been more affordable. Our family ticket (2 adults + 2 kids) is discounted by *50% during local South African government school holidays. Enquire at reception.

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Iziko Summer School 2014

  • Nov 25, 2013

The much-anticipated annual Iziko Summer School runs from1 February to 1 March 2014. Under the theme, ‘Museums & Democracy: Celebrating our 20 years of democracy’ Iziko’s popular programme will include public talks, interactive activities, exhibition walkabouts and film screenings. We look forward to welcoming you to our living classroom!

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Hot & Happening

  • Nov 25, 2013

Upcoming and current exhibitions, planetarium shows, education and public programmes and events, and ‘friends’ activities currently on at Iziko Museums of South Africa.

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Visitors get hands-on

  • Nov 25, 2013

On Heritage Day, 24 September 2013, Iziko Fossil Preparator, Zaituna Erasmus presented a hands-on workshop to demonstrate the skills involved in fossil preparation to museum visitors. Eager participants were given the opportunity to work on actual 250-million-year-old fossils, as they were carefully guided in uncovering these ancient reptile specimens. One of the visitors who attended the workshop commented on his experience on the day.

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Object focus: Jan de Bray Paints Winter

  • Nov 25, 2013

As a national flagship, the Iziko museums have a central role to play in making connections between people. Our collections hold heritage assets of the South African nationthat both record our rich history and tell our stories. We aim, through the display of our permanent collection and temporary exhibition programme, to create spaces to reflect, appreciate and learn from
the challenges and achievements of the past and
from each other. Embracing our interconnectedness through our collections mediates and permeates every aspect of what we do. As such, old and new collections occupy our museums, connecting the past and the present, and giving direction to the future.

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Beth and David’s Perfect Day

  • Nov 25, 2013

Iziko Rust & Vreugd, one of the few surviving 18th century Cape homes, continues to be a popular wedding venue. The ornate colonial architecture, perfectly manicured lawns, beautiful garden and museum with centuries’ old paintings make it a truly unique setting. With ample parking and close proximity to the city centre, a bride has (almost) no excuses for being late on her wedding day. An added advantage is that couples get the majestic Table Mountain as a backdrop on their wedding day.

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Mobile Museum gets Youth Hyped up for Heritage

  • Nov 25, 2013

Sharing heritage and creating awareness around the importance of museums and their collections and the wealth of information contained in museums, all form part of the work of the passionate and dedicated Education and Public Programmes (EPP) team of Iziko Museums of South Africa. Throughout Heritage Month, and especially in the days leading up to Heritage Day, the programme celebrated the richness, diversity and importance of our birthright as South Africans.

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Without and within time: Recovering history in the Ethnography Gallery – the Natives’ Land Act of 19

  • Nov 25, 2013

Land and the legacy of land dispossession remains a contentious issue within South Africa, and is a subject that is set to continue to evoke strong emotions in those who are connected to the land. To mark the centenary of the passing of the 1913 Natives’ Land Act in South Africa several ‘interventions’ have been installed in the Iziko South African Museum’s Ethnography Hall.