Make International Museum Day an all day event and explore all our museums for FREE.
International Museum Day is celebrated annually across the globe on 18 May. Join Iziko Museums of South Africa (Iziko) for a fun-filled day of adventure, exploration and discovery. The theme this year is: Museums (creativity + memory) = social change. This initiative aims to increase awareness of the role of museums as agents of social change. Â Â Â By looking at our past we can build the future.
The programme is jam-packed with exciting and interesting activities for the young and bold.
‘Djembe Mania’ will perform and host a drumming session in the Amphitheatre (ISAM) at 10:00. Drum up some courage before exploring ISAM and interacting with the live displays of creepy crawlies and microfossils.
A mock fossil dig for adventure seekers in the ISAM Activity Centre from 12:30-15:00. Awake the archaeologist in you and find hidden fossils and artefacts.
Travel to the stars and be transported through space with our free Planetarium shows. Â Fly to the moon with our delectable dragon, Davy, and explore the universe and the Milky Way. Find constellations and planets that are visible in The Sky Tonight and discover the only geographical feature on Earth to be represented as a constellation in the sky, Table Mountain!
Meet Remy, a determined young rat who dreams of becoming a renowned French chef at the screening of Ratatouille (2007) in the TH Barry lecture Theatre from 11:00-13:00. The Western Cape, through the Eyes and Minds of Young Filmmakers, showcases the work by local filmmakers, trained at the award wining Big Fish School of Digital Filmmaking. Guest speaker, Alan Winde, MEC Department of Finance, Economic Development and Tourism, will talk about the ‘Role of Film in the Cape’ in the TH Barry Lecture Theatre from 14:30-17:00
Join curator, Pam Warne for a walk-about of the exhibition commemorating the centenary of the Land Act, Umhlaba 1913-2013. Discover how history meets art through photography at the Iziko South African National Gallery from 11:00-12:00.
The panel discussion ‘OR Tambo: Leadership and legacy’ looks at the remarkable story of how the struggle against apartheid became one of the largest global movements of the 20th Century. Join panellists, Hon. Fezile Bhengu, Ryland Fisher and Dr Gregory Houston from 12:30-14:00 at the Iziko Slave Lodge.
Discover the many uses of isiShweshwe at our post-card-making workshops, starting at 13:30, or join the doll-making workshop at 14:00 at ISL.
Also catch the Iziko Mobile Museum at the College of Cape Town (Cape Town Campus) on 24 May and the Khayelitsha Museum on Africa Day, 25 May, as Iziko creates museums without walls!
For further information contact Wandile Goozen Kasibe on 021 481 3804/13
