The KZN Museum is a modern museum covering the natural and cultural history of the KwaZulu-Natal region.
It is also an educational facility that is constantly expanding its own horizons through research projects.
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, a recreation of a late 1800s Victorian street featuring shops, a stable and period houses. There’s also a full-sized replica of a Drakensberg cave, complete with rock art, and a wrecked olden-day trading vessel. 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, R2.50 for school learners on tour. Toddlers and pensioners are free.