international museum week programme
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Join Iziko Museums of South Africa for a fun-filled day of adventure, exploration and discovery. The theme this year ‘Museum collections make connections’, demonstrates how museums are living institutions that help create bonds between visitors, generations and cultures around the world.TRANSCRIPT
Museum Collectionsmake Connections
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MUSEUM DAY 17 May 2014
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MUSEUM DAY Date/Time Event description Venue Age
15 & 16 May
Starting times:10h00; 12h00; 13h00
Tour of the exhibitions: OR Tambo: The modest revolutionary and The isiShweshwe Story: material women?
Iziko Slave Lodge (ISL) c/o Wale and Adderley Street, Cape Town
All
15-16 May Booking essential
12h00–13h00 & 14h00–15h00
Guided tour of Iziko Rust & Vreugd Museum by Esther Esmyol (Curator)
Iziko Rust en Vreugd, 78 Buitenkant Street,Cape Town
All
12-17 May: Bookings esssential
Every 30 minutes from11h00 to 14h00
Behind-the-Scenes Tour: Presented by Fossil Preparator, Zaituna Erasmus. (Max 10 participants per session, )
Blue Room (Karoo Paleo Lab), Iziko South African Museum (ISAM)
All
15 May: Booking essential10h00–10h45 Fossil Casting Demonstration TH Barry Lecture Theatre, ISAM All
11h00–13h00Public Lecture: Australopithecus sediba by Dr Lee Berger
Whale Well, ISAM All
16 May
10h00–15h00 Art Collections Book Sale Iziko South African National Gallery(ISANG) Atrium
All
11h00–12h00 Behind-the-Scenes Tour of Entomology Collections: (Max 15 participants for ages 5-12 years) booking essential
ISAM 5- 12 years
17 May
10h00; 12h00; 14h00 Behind-the-Scenes Tour: (Max 10 participants per session) Blue Room (Karoo Paleo Lab), ISAM All
10h00–12h00 'Mock Fossil Dig’ Activity Centre /Discovery Room, ISAM All
10h001–5h00 Natural History Display: Live spiders, marine biology, microfossils and insects Gathering Space, ISAM All
10h00–15h00 Fossil Preparation Workshop: (Max 2 persons per slot; 20 minutes per slot) ISAM10 years and older
11h00–11h20Film Screening: "The Buzz for Food" directed by Carlos Franscisco and produced by Lawrence Dworkin & George Davis (16 min)
TH Barry Lecture Theatre, ISAM All
11h00–12h00Public Lecture: ‘Exploring the wonderful world of wasps - a hidden microcosm of intrigue’ by Dr Simon van Noort (Curator of Entomology Collections)
TH Barry Lecture Theatre, ISAM All
11h00–12h00 Guided Tour: Iziko South African Museum ISAM All
11h00–12h00 Guided Tour: ‘Suspicious Minds’ exhibition by Nina Liebenberg (Curator) ISANG Annexe All
11h00–12h00 Guided Tour: Bo-Kaap Iziko Bo-Kaap Museum All
11h00–12h00 Guided Tour: ‘Singing Freedom’ exhibition Iziko Slave Lodge Museum All
11h00–12h00 Guided Tour: ‘OR Tambo’ exhibition Iziko Slave Lodge Museum All
11h00–13h30 Cartoon Workshops: By Vernon Fourie (Artist, Illustrator & Cartoonist) Iziko Activities Centre13 - 18 years
Show runs every hour from 11h00–15h00
Planetarium Show: ‘Silly Solly and the Shooting Stars’ Iziko Planetarium, ISAM5 - 12 years
11h00–12h00Film Screenings courtsey of BIGFISH Digital Film School: “Mandela House” (5 min); “Hector Peterson Museum” (5 min); “Sea Skeletons” (11 min); “The spirits of Gugulethu 7” (11 min).
TH Barry Lecture Theatre, ISAM All
12h30–13h30Public Talk: “The search for old stone bones in the Karoo: report on recent fieldwork in the Fraserburg district” by Zaituna Erasmus, Fossil Preparator.
Red Room, ISAM All
14h00–15h00Public Lecture: ‘100 Years of the Michaelis Gift of Dutch and Flemish Paintings: Colonial Irrelevance or Cornucopia?’ by Hayden Proud (Curator of Historical Paintings and Sculpture)
ISAM All
14h00–16h00 Interactive Activities: Reflection on the 20 Years of Democracy ISAM All
Iziko Rust en Vreugd, Bertram House and Koopmans-de Wet House are closed Saturday and Sunday. Iziko Old Town House, Slave Lodge and Bo-Kaap Museums are closed on Sunday.
Iziko Museums of South Africa INTERNATIONAL MUSEUM DAY PROGRAMME
Iziko Museums of South Africa will host a week-long series of activities leading up to the IMD programme on 17 May 2014. Join us for a fun-filled week of adventure, exploration and discovery. For further information and bookings, contact Wandile Goozen Kasibe on 021 481 3804/13 or email: [email protected] or [email protected] *Free entry to Iziko Museums of South Africa on both the 17th and 18th May (Selected Planetarium shows on 17 May, Castle of Good Hope only free on 18 May 2014).
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