Current and recent news

The following news items include press releases and other newsworthy information relating to exhibitions, education and public programmes and anything else linked to the Iziko Planetarium.

Posted June 2010

2010: Making Connections 24/06/2010
During this winter holidays Iziko Museums of Cape Town’s Education and Public Programmes Department is offering a range of Let’s Celebrate holiday programmes in celebration of our rich heritage and our country’s momentous hosting of the FIFA World Cup. Special programmes in the fields of Arts and Culture, Natural History and Social History are taking place at schools in areas such as Nyanga, Parkwood, Paarl, Hawston, Stanford, and at certain Iziko Museums. More >>

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.  More >>

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...  More >>

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... More >>

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... More >>

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)... More >>

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.... More >>

Posted December 2009

Celebrate Summer at the hearth of our heritage 10/12/2009
Dive into our Heritage with Iziko Museums of Cape Town as it launches its Celebrate Summer campaign. The campaign will run from the 15th December 2009 until Human Rights day on the 21st March 2010. Access coupons will be available at malls, tourist information stands and newspaper cut-outs. These coupons will permit free access for two adults to any of the Iziko Museums of Cape Town (excluding the Castle of Good Hope and the Planetarium) Children aged sixteen and under enter for free all year round... More >>

Posted November 2009

Free access to Iziko Museums on World Aids and Emancipation Day 26/11/2009
On 1st December - World Aids and Emancipation Day, Iziko Museums of Cape Town will commemorate these two global occurrences by granting the public free access to all its sites. On the 1st December, the public is invited to join Iziko staff at the Iziko Castle of Good Hope for a guided tour of the Not Alone exhibition, attend an interactive performance workshop at Rust and Vreugd, as well as attend talks about HIV/Aids and Human Trafficking at the Iziko Slave Lodge... More >>

Posted September 2009

Iziko Museums celebrates Heritage Week with Free Entrance 07/09/2009
This Heritage Day, Iziko Museums are offering the public a unique and exciting programme of events. To further commemorate the occasion, entrance to all Iziko Museums will be free to the public from 21-27 September 2009... More >>

Posted August 2009

Once again Iziko Museums of Cape Town invite Capetonians and visitors alike to gain FREE entrance to Iziko Museums of Cape Town on an upcoming commemorative day, National Women’s Day on August 9th 31/07/2009
On August 9, 1956, 20,000 women staged a march on the Union Buildings in Pretoria to protest against the proposed amendments to the Urban Areas Act (commonly known as the pass laws) of 1950.  More >>

Posted July 2009

Free Entrance at Iziko Museums of Cape Town on Africa Day 21/05/2009
Iziko Museums of Cape Town plays host to a thought provoking programme of public events between Wednesday 17th June and Saturday 25 July, when the Cape Town Holocaust Centre hosts a programme of public events.  Titled “Champions of the Child”, the events take place both at the Iziko South African National Gallery and at the Cape Town Holocaust Centre.  The focus of these events is on the life and legacy of Janusz Korczak and the rights of youth and children. More >>

Free Entrance at Iziko Museums of Cape Town on Africa Day 18/05/2009
Once again Iziko Museums of Cape Town invite all Capetonians and visitors alike to gain FREE entrance to Iziko Museums of Cape Town on the commemorative day of Africa Day: Monday 25 May.… More >>

Iziko Museums of Cape Town celebrates International Museum day with Symposia, Heritage Treasure Hunt, Art Book Sale and more... 15/05/2009
Who could possibly forget childhood memories of discovering with wide-eyed curiosity, for the very first time ever, the treasure chest of wonders on display at the local museum? There is every reason to rekindle such memories on a regular basis: to begin with, why not join Iziko Museums of Cape Town in celebrating events taking place around International Museum Day, Monday 18th May? The theme for 2009 is "Museums and Tourism"… More >>

Implantation Treasure Hunt postponed due to inclement weather forecast 15/05/2009
Due to the Museum prediction of gale force winds and driving rains for Saturday, 16 May, Iziko Museums of Cape Town has decided to postpone the Implantation Treasure Hunt until Saturday, 23 May... More >>

Celebrate Youth Day with free entrance at all Iziko Museums of Cape Town and exciting events 09/05/20099
Youth Day, 16th June commemorates a time in our history when the young people of South Africa made their mark  by standing up for their rights in a time when even most adults were intimidated to do so by the then apartheid government,  And what a better way to celebrate our history and heritage than by visiting any one of Iziko Museums of Cape Town’s 12 museums where you can enter for free (except the Castle of Good Hope)... More >>

Posted April 2009

Latest visualisation technology to take Iziko Planetarium audiences to the edge of the known universe 01/04/2009
As a Cape Town first, the Iziko Planetarium at 25 Queen Victoria Street, Cape Town, in conjunction with Sky-Skan, is presently offering an unique opportunity to experience firsthand a full dome planetarium show. Members of the public – and this is definitely something for moms, dads and the kids – are encouraged to come view a unique demonstration of technology and content that is taking audiences around the world to the edge of the known Universe. More >>

Posted January 2009

Peer through Galileo’s lens: Iziko Summer School celebrates U.N.-declared International Year of Astronomy 27/01/2009
Mother City residents and visitors might want to add a telescope to their shopping list if inspired to become amateur astronomers after attending the forthcoming Iziko Summer School 2009’s FREE and next-to-no-cost astronomy based activities… More >>

Bumper line-up at Iziko Museums Of Cape Town for first quarter of 2009 27/01/2009
Mother City residents and visitors alike can look forward to a bumper line-up of exhibits at Iziko Museums of Cape Town throughout 2009. "Our job here at Iziko Museums of Cape Town is primarily about sharing knowledge and providing access to our museums. It is also important that we forge new partnerships and shift existing audiences towards a wider interpretation of our natural history, art history and social history collections," says Professor H.C. (Jatti) Bredekamp, CEO of Iziko Museums of Cape Town. More >>

Partial Solar Eclipse on Monday: View it and discover more at Iziko Planetarium 20/01/2009
On Monday morning 26 January, Cape Town will experience a partial eclipse of the sun. More >>

Davy Dragon takes to the sky again 16/01/2009
Is it a bird, is it a plane? No, its Davy Dragon, the Planetarium’s famous space explorer! From 7 February 2009, Davy will appear each Saturday and Sunday at 12:00 in a new Iziko Planetarium show entitled Davy Dragon’s Guide to the Night Sky. More >>