HERITAGE WEEK - e-Schools' Network

19-25 

SEPTEMBER 

2011 

* FREE ENTRY 

to our museums 

*Castle of Good Hope and Planetarium 

free on 24 September only. 

SOUTH AFRICAN MUSEUM 

25 Queen Victoria Street, Cape Town 

Tel: 021 481 3800 Fax: 021 481 3993 

Open: Daily 10h00–17h00 

Closed: Workers’ Day & Christmas Day 

Visitors 19 years & older: R20 

18 years & under free 

South African pensioners, 

school learners & students: R10 

Our museums 

are your museums 

SA MUSEUM PLANETARIUM 


Tel: 021 481 3900 Fax: 021 481 3990 

Open: 10h00–17h00 Shows daily 

Closed: Workers’ Day, Christmas Day & 

the first Monday of the month (excl. school holidays) 


18 years & under: R10 

South African pensioners & students: R10 

SA NATIONAL GALLERY 

Government Avenue, Cape Town 

Tel: 021 481 3970 Fax: 021 467 4680 

Open: Monday to Sunday 10h00–17h00 






MICHAELIS COLLECTION 

Old Town House, Greenmarket Square, Cape Town 

Tel: 021 481 3933 

Open: Monday to Saturday 10h00–17h00 

Closed: Sundays, Workers’ Day & Christmas Day 





HERITAGE 

WEEK 

CELEBRATING HEROES AND HEROINES 

of the liberation struggle in South Africa 

Iziko Museums invites you and your family 

to celebrate our diverse cultural heritage. 

JOIN US 

FOR THOUGHT-PROVOKING LECTURES AT THE IZIKO SA MUSEUM’S TH BARRY LECTURE THEATRE. 

22 SEPTEMBER 

Changing coasts, extinct animals and the development of our ancestors in the Western Cape, 

by Dr Graham Avery, Archaeozoologist, Iziko Natural History Collections. Time: 18:00–19:30 

23 SEPTEMBER 

Public lecture and walkabout: Microfossils: Zooming in on the world of sand-sized fossils, 

by Eugene Bergh, Invertebrate Palaeontologist, Iziko Natural History Collections. Time: 13:00–14:00 

24 SEPTEMBER 

Public discussion: Forgotten Freedom Fighters: The San Struggle for Freedom Past and Present, by 

Dr Sven Ouzman, Curator of Pre-Colonial Archaeology, Iziko Museums. The Image in the Liberation of 

South Africa: A look at the holdings of the Iziko South African National Gallery, by Robyn Cedras, 

Collections Manager, Iziko Museums. Reclaiming Our Heroes and Heroines II, by Ron Martin, Cultural 

Activist. Anton Lubowski – can we close the file? by Joleen du Plessis, sister of Anton Lubowski. 

Time: 10:30–12:00 

24 SEPTEMBER 

Kylie Thomas, Visual Disturbance: The Deaths of Biko and the Archives of Apartheid. Since the time of 

Biko’s murder, photographs and artworks depicting his corpse have been in public circulation. This 

lecture takes some of these images as its focus and considers works by Jane Alexander, Jillian Edelstein, 

Paul Stopforth and Sam Nhlengethwa, among others. Kylie Thomas, Department of English, UCT. 

Time: 14:00–15:00 

KOOPMANS-DE WET HOUSE 

35 Strand Street, Cape Town 

Tel: 021 481 3935 

Open: Monday to Friday 10h00–17h00 

and certain commemorative days & public holidays 

Closed: Saturdays, Sundays, Workers’ Day 

& Christmas Day 





RUST EN VREUGD 

78 Buitenkant Street, Cape Town 

Tel: 021 481 3903 Fax: 021 461 9620 


Closed: Saturdays, Sundays, 

Workers’ Day & Christmas Day 

Free admission, donations welcome 

GROOT CONSTANTIA 

Groot Constantia Estate 

Tel: 021 795 5140 Fax: 021 795 5150 







SLAVE LODGE 

c/o Adderley & Wale Streets, Cape Town 

Tel: 021 467 7229 Fax: 021 465 8222 


Closed: Sundays, Workers’ Day & Christmas Day 





BO-KAAP MUSEUM 

71 Wale Street, Cape Town 

Tel: 021 481 3938/9 


Closed: Sundays, Eid ul Fitr, Eid ul Adha, 

Workers’ Day, Christmas Day, 2 January 





WILLIAM FEHR COLLECTION 

Castle of Good Hope, Darling Street, Cape Town 

Tel: 021 467 7223 Fax: 021 461 7416 


Closed: Christmas Day & New Year’s Day 

Visitors 19 years & older: R28 (Sun R20) 

Pensioners with SA pensioner cards: R15 (Sun R10) 

Students with SA student cards: R12 (Sun R5) 

Children: Under 5 years free; 5–18 years R12 (Sun R5) 

Booked School Groups: R5 per learner 

BERTRAM HOUSE 

Government Avenue, Cape Town 

(Access from Hiddingh Campus, Orange Street) 

Tel: 021 481 3972 


and certain commemorative days & public holidays 

Closed: Saturdays, Sundays, Workers’ Day 

& Christmas Day 





E&OE. TERMS AND CONDITIONS APPLY. 

MARITIME CENTRE 

1st Floor, Union-Castle House, 

Dock Road, V&A Waterfront 

Tel: 021 405 2880 Fax: 021 405 2888 




18 years & under: free 



RESOURCES 

SOCIAL HISTORY CENTRE 

Offices, Archives and Library of the 

Social History Collections department 

17 Church Square, Cape Town 

Tel: 021 467 7200 


Closed: All public holidays 

Visits by arrangement 

NATURAL HISTORY COLLECTIONS 

LIBRARY 

Iziko South African Museum 


Tel: 021 481 3899 Fax: 021 481 3993 

email info@iziko.org.za 


ART COLLECTIONS LIBRARY 

Iziko South African National Gallery 

Annexe 

St John’s Street, Cape Town 

Tel: 021 481 3977/8 Fax: 021 467 4679 

email sdante@iziko.org.za 


GET A FREE RETURN JOURNEY 

with Metrorail when you produce this Iziko Museums flyer. 

Valid only on 24 September 2011. 

BE TOURIST IN YOUR OWN CITY 

Vouchers are valid 1 September to 16 October 2011. 

www.capetown.travel

Subscribe and stand a chance to win a prize 

THANK YOU FOR VISITING IZIKO MUSEUMS 

Our Museums are your museums, so share your 

details with us so we can share our news and 

updates with you. Please complete, submit at 

reception desk, and stand a chance to win a prize. 

Winners will be notified telephonically. Any personal data submitted 

in this form is considered confidential by the Museum and will only 

be used for the purpose of mailing Iziko Museums-related news and 

updates via email or sms. To update personal details please contact 

Tel. 021 481 3800 or go to www.iziko.org.za/update 

MINI FILM FESTIVAL 

Enjoy our mini film festival, free of 

charge, at the Iziko SA Museum’s 

TH Barry Lecture Theatre. 

19 SEPTEMBER 

A Country Imagined, with Johnny Clegg. 

Documentary series. 

10:30 – 15:00 

20 SEPTEMBER 

Mandela: Free at Last 

13:00 - 14:00 

21 SEPTEMBER 

Bram Fischer (28 min) & Helen Suzman (27 min) 

13:00 - 14:15 

22 SEPTEMBER 

Walter Sisulu: Father of the nation. 

Producer and director, Beata Lipman. 

13:00 - 14:00 

23 SEPTEMBER 

History Uncut by Laurence Dworkin. 

15:00 - 16:00 

24 SEPTEMBER 

Comrade Goldberg. Director, Petter Heller. 

Courtsey of Dennis Goldberg. 

12:30 - 13:30 

24 SEPTEMBER 

Mining For Change. A Story of South African 

Mining. Directors, Eric Myeni and Navan Chetty. 

Courtesy of Encounters Festival. 

15:30 - 16:50 

24 SEPTEMBER 

Night at the Museum (Part I) (2006) 

Director, Shawn Levy. 

17:00 – 19:00 

25 SEPTEMBER 

Night at the Museum (Part I) (2006) 

11:00 - 13:00 

Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian 

(Part II) (2009) Director, Shawn Levy. 

13:00 - 15:00 

25 SEPTEMBER 

Amandla! A revolution in four part harmony 

Producers, Lee Hirsch & Sherry Simpson Dean. 

Director, Lee Hirsch. 

15:00 - 16:50 

Photograhs by Iziko Photographer, Carina Beyer. 

PROGRAMME OF EVENTS 

FRI 23 SEPT THURS 22 SEPT WED 21 SEPT TUES 20 SEPT 20-23 SEPT MON 19 SEPT 

SAT 24 SEPT 

SUN 25 SEPT 

Name: Mr/ Mrs /Ms Surname: 

Organisation: (only if applicable) 

Address: 

Cell: email: 

Fax: Send notifications by email via SMS 

TIME DESCRIPTION OF EVENT COST VENUE 

10:30 – 15:00 Cape Guild of Weavers: Exhibition of handmade works, and tapestry, table loom, 

inkle loom weaving, spinning, braiding and felt-making demonstrations 

10:30 – 15:00 Film screening: A Country Imagined, with Johnny Clegg. 

Documentary series. 

Free Gathering Space, 

Iziko SA Museum (ISAM) 

Free TH Barry Lecture Theatre, 

ISAM 

10:00 – 16:00 Iziko Mobile Museum Outreach Free Cape Town Civic Centre 




ISAM 

13:00 – 14:00 Film screening: Mandela: Free at Last Free TH Barry Lecture Theatre, ISAM 




ISAM 

13:00– 14:15 Film screening: Bram Fischer (28 min) Helen Suzman (27 min) Free TH Barry Lecture Theatre, ISAM 

14:00 – 15:00 Open Book Festival: HJ Golakai launches The Lazarus Effect. 

In conversation with Andrew Brown 

R30 Iziko Slave Lodge 

17:30 – 18:30 Open Book Festival: Henrietta Rose-Innes launches Nineveh R30 Whale Well, ISAM 



13:00 – 14:00 Film screening: Walter Sisulu: Father of the nation. 

Producer and director, Beata Lipman. 

18:00 – 19:30 Public lecture: “Changing coasts, extinct animals and the development of our 

ancestors in the Western Cape” by Dr Graham Avery 

(Archaeozoologist, Iziko Natural History Collections). 

10:00 – 15:00 ‘Creepy Crawly Corner’ Natural History displays: 

Entomology and Taxidermy (Live spiders on display!) 


ISAM 


ISAM 


ISAM 


ISAM 

10:00 – 16:00 Iziko Mobile Museum at the African Tales Heritage Festival in Khayelitsha Free Khayelitsha: Lookout Hill 

10:30 – 15:00 Cape Guild of Weavers: Exhibition of handmade works and tapestry, table loom, 

inkle loom weaving, spinning, braiding and felt-making demonstrations. 

13:00 – 14:00 Public lecture and walkabout: 

“Microfossils: Zooming in on the world of sand-sized fossils” by Eugene Bergh 

(Invertebrate Palaeontologist, Iziko Natural History Collections). 

14:00 – 15:00 Open Book Festival: Kaiser’s Holocaust: 

Casper Erichsen in conversation with Bill Nasson 


ISAM 


ISAM 

R 30 Iziko Slave Lodge 

15:00 – 16:00 Film Screening: History Uncut by Laurence Dworkin Free TH Barry Lecture Theatre, ISAM 

17:30 – 18:30 Open Book Festival: 

Alex Perry – launch of Livelihood in conversation with Kingsley Holgate 

R30 Whale Well, 

ISAM 

09:00 –12:00 Good Hope FM outside broadcast with Sean O. Free ISAM 

10:00 – 12:05 Entertainment: Traditional dance performances; drumming sessions; 

magic show; ghoema entertainers; open mic. 



10:25 – 10:30 Official opening of the Iziko Heritage Day programme 

by Ms Rooksana Omar (CEO, Iziko Museums) 

10:30 – 12:00 Public discussion: 

“Forgotten Freedom Fighters: The San Struggle for Freedom Past and Present” by 

Dr Sven Ouzman (Curator of Pre-Colonial Archaeology, Iziko Museums). “The Image 

in the Liberation of South Africa: A look at the holdings of the Iziko South African 

National Gallery” by Robyn Cedras (Collections Manager, Iziko Museums). 

“Reclaiming Our Heroes and Heroines II” by Ron Martin (Cultural Activist). “Anton 

Lubowski – can we close the file?” by Joleen du Plessis (sister of Anton Lubowski) 

10:30 – 13:00 Make an orchid for Tretchikoff: Using the Tretchikoff exhibition as a source, you will 

learn how to make your own orchid – without having to pick a flower. 

Conducted by Cait Turner. 



Free Amphitheatre, 

ISAM 


ISAM 

Free Amphitheatre, 

ISAM 


ISAM 

Free Annexe, 

ISANG 


ISAM 

11:00 – 15:00 Guided tours: Tretchikoff: The people’s painter. Conducted on the hour. Free ISANG 

12:00 Planetarium screening: “Davy Dragon’s Guide to the Night Sky” Free Planetarium 

12:00 – 13:00 Woza Cape Town! tells the gripping tale of three young men navigating their way 

through a culturally and racially torn South Africa. The play is specific to a Cape Town 

experience, told through modern pantsula, swing, jazz and contemporary dance. 

Free Whale Well, 

ISAM 

12:30 – 13:15 Behind-the-scenes tour: Archaeology *Max 20 participants. Free Whale Well, ISAM 

12:30 – 13:30 General tours: Groot Constantia, Slave Lodge, Bo-Kaap Museum, SA Museum. Free Various Sites 

12:30 – 13:30 Film screening: Comrade Goldberg. Director, Petter Heller. 

Courtsey of Dennis Goldberg. 


ISAM 

13:00 – 14:00 Laugher at the Museum: Clowns Without Borders Free Whale Well, ISAM 

13:00 Planetarium screening: “The Sky Tonight“ Free Planetarium 

13:15 – 14:00 Behind-the-scenes tour: Archaeology *Max 20 participants Free ISAM 

14:00 – 15:00 Public lecture: 

Kylie Thomas, “Visual Disturbance: The Deaths of Biko and the Archives of 

Apartheid.” Since the time of Biko’s murder, photographs and artworks depicting his 

corpse have been in public circulation. This lecture takes some of these images as its 

focus and considers works by Jane Alexander, Jillian Edelstein, Paul Stopforth and 

Sam Nhlengethwa, among others. Kylie Thomas, Department of English, UCT. 


ISAM 

14:30 Planetarium screening: “Celestial Clouds” Free Planetarium 

15:30 – 16:50 Film screening: Mining For Change. A Story of South African Mining. 

Directors, Eric Myeni and Navan Chetty. Courtesy of Encounters Festival. 


ISAM 

17:00 – 19:00 Film screening: Night at the Museum (Part I) (2006) Director, Shawn Levy. Free TH Barry Lecture Theatre, ISAM 






ISAM 


ISAM 

11:00 – 13:00 Film screening: Night at the Museum (Part I) (2006) Director, Shawn Levy. Free TH Barry Lecture Theatre, ISAM 

13:00 – 15:00 Film screening: Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian (Part II) (2009) 

Director, Shawn Levy. 

15:00 – 16:50 Film screening: Amandla! A revolution in four-part harmony. 

Producers, Lee Hirsch and Sherry Simpson Dean. Director, Lee Hirsch. 

*FREE ENTRY to our museums. Castle of Good Hope 

and Planetarium free entry on 24 September only. 


ISAM 


ISAM 

PLEASE NOTE 

Programme subject to change without prior notification. Weather plan: check alternative venues for outdoor events on arrival. Book early for 

workshops to avoid disappointment. Planetarium shows: Collect tickets at SA Museum front desk one hour prior to shows. First come, first served. 

For enquiries and booking please contact: Wandile Goozen Kasibe, Tel. 021 481 3804/3813 or email wkasibe@iziko.org.za 

For programme details see: www.iziko.org.za

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