If you want to visit somewhere really exciting during the September school holidays, you must visit the KZN Museum! You can make exciting discoveries through their dynamic collection of both natural science and cultural history exhibitions. The main highlights of the permanent collections include: the Warren Mammal Hall, which houses Africa’s largest collection of taxidermied African mammals while the Marine Gallery explores life found in our oceans. The attractions in the cultural history galleries include period rooms that allow you to travel back in time to the Victorian era, after which you may find yourself immersed in a Drakensburg cave with displays featuring South African rock art! Join the KZN Museum on a never-ending journey of discovery as they continue to celebrate our African heritage by creating exhibitions that are ‘edu-taining’, by encouraging public interaction and participation in a dynamic lifelong learning experience.
This museum is one of South Africa’s oldest major regional museums, hosting several of South Africa’s most important heritage collections. The internationally renowned collections feature regional archaeology, African cultural products, European settler history, seashells, insects and other fauna.
There’s a room dedicated to KwaZulu-Natal history and a recreation of a late 1800s Victorian street featuring shops, a stable and period houses. The Drakensberg cave is a full-sized replica complete with rock art. Plus you will find a wrecked olden-day trading vessel to look at. What makes the KZN Museum particularly interesting is the array of interesting temporary exhibitions, that give the museum a definite dynamic advantage. Did you know that the KZN Museum is also home to South Africa’s largest research library? Learners from surrounding schools often visit the museum which is equipped with an internet café, resource library and film room to encourage further research and study. This museum is wheelchair friendly and includes a ramp, lift and special toilet facilities. The museum is also open seven days a week including most public holidays. There is always something new to see at this museum. A visit to the KZN Museum is very affordable – R15 for adults, R5 for kiddies and just R2.50 for school learners on tour. Toddlers and pensioners are free.
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