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The following news items include press releases and other
newsworthy information relating to exhibitions, education and public
programmes, Friends of the South African Museum activities and anything else linked to
the Iziko Natural History Collections Department and associated Iziko Museums
sites.
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comprehensive list of Iziko press releases.
World shark
authority retires from Iziko... and heads for next port of call
23/12/2008
International authority on shark taxonomy and Curator of Fishes in
the Natural History Collections Department,
Dr Leonard J V Compagno, retires from Iziko Museums at the end of
December, just months after receiving the prestigious Gilchrist
Medal for lifetime achievement in marine biological research.
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Listen, learn, look ... and ramble:
Iziko’s Summer School programme
12/12/2008
There’s plenty of listening, learning and looking to do at
Iziko’s upcoming
Summer School
programme which runs during February-March 2009. The packed
programme includes a discussion on the role of museums (official
opening), films on the theme of soccer, an illuminating lecture on
the creator of the iconic Drum magazine, William Bloke Modisane, a
symposium on the role of art, photography and the performing arts as
a means of expression today, a dialogue on climate change and global
crisis, talks on indigenous astronomy in southern Africa and a
discussion on our cosmic origin and heritage.
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Iziko puts on its finest for summer
05/12/2008
Iziko Museums has lined up a sizzling summer programme. Visitors
to the different sites will be treated to a host of exhibitions,
from Rock Art of the San to works by the acclaimed William
Kentridge, and from the Old Dutch Masters to the world’s latest and
most spectacular award-winning wildlife photographs.
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Iziko hosts prestigious
wildlife photographic competition
05/12/2008
This summer, Iziko
Museums will once again host the spectacular Wildlife Photographer
of the Year Exhibition at the Iziko South African Museum. Running
from 12 December until 15 March 2009, and brought directly from
London’s Natural History Museum by NHU AFRICA, the exhibition drew
record crowds during its run at Iziko last year.
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World's most
prestigious wildlife photographic exhibition
28/11/2008
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Escape to the stars these holidays
25/11//2008more >>
Build up your knowledge of the
building stones of Cape Town
12/09/2008
more>>
Heritage Day at Iziko Museums
12/09/2008
more>>
Planetarium holiday fare: Sunshine,
night skies and astrology
10/09/2008
more>>
Make a night of it at the
Planetarium
04/09//2008
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Heritage Day at Iziko Museums
31/08/2008
more>>
Brainwaves and energy-generating
waves
25/08/2008 more>>
The right stuff: first
prize for Planetarium's talented multi-tasker
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Iziko Winter School: 28
June – 30 July 2008
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Amazing holiday - treasure hunts,
taxidermy, puppets, mosaics & wire art
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Subject: Planetarium school hols -
Sky's not the limit
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Free entrance to
Iziko Museums on Africa Day
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Exploring SA's vibrant
biodiversity on the web
more>>
Rocky recovery for
African Black Oystercatcher
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Reading matters for International
Museum Day more>>
Free entry on Freedom Day
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Re-opening of Mammal Gallery at
Iziko SA Museum more>>
Everything you wanted to know about
heavenly bodies more>>
The heat is on at Iziko - volcanic
talk more>>
A week of
words - SA Library Week
more>>
A jumbo-sized headache
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Plan your holiday in space
more>>
Iziko Symposium On
Climate Change
more>>
Iziko Summer School
2008
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Visit Sutherland, climb Table Mt
with Iziko Summer School
more>>
Beginner's guide to highlights of
Summer School more>> |
