uMsunduzi Museum: 8th Courageous Conversations Conference: 13 November 2020 See https://www.facebook.com/UMsunduzi-and-Ncome-Museums-245832682108546/ for details. Contact: For more information contact Ms. Elrica Henning – T: 033 394 6834, E: ehenning@msunduzimuseum.org.za
Decolonizing as a verb: Online Seminar: 25-26 November 2020 In recent years, museums across the globe have been tackling the challenges of decolonizing in their institutions. They do this in response to a growing demand from society that museums should face their historical selves and their inherited practices. Museums are challenged to acknowledge their past, understand how the… Click the link
Daily Maverick: 2 November 2020: NLC boss tells Parliament non-existent R13-million minstrel museum has been completed NLC boss tells Parliament non-existent R13-million mins… National Lotteries Commission head Thabang Mampane has responded to Parliamentary questions about some lottery grants. In the reply she lists three projects, amounting to over R50-million, for the Cape Town minstrels funded by the lottery. One such project was for the building of a minstrel…
ICOM-SA AGM: 24 November 2020 and Information on funding: ICOM Solidarity Fund Download PDF file here
Government Gazette vol. 664 of 7.10.2020 permitting museums to open subject to COVID-19 Protocols. Download PDF file here
The Art Newspaper: 29 October 2020: Louvre and French Museums Close Louvre and French museums close, while German museums await clarity in second coronavirus lockdown | The Art Newspaper Closing German museums would be “a hard blow for the institutions and society,” the country’s museums association says https://www.theartnewspaper.com/news/louvre-and-french-museums-close-while-german-museums-await-clarity-in-secon…
SAMA Webinar Invite and Programme: 28 October 2020 Book tickets for South African Museums Association 2020 Conference and AGM Webinar https://qkt.io/OD6oM5 Download PDF file here
The Guardian: 8 October 2020: Dutch museums vow to return art looted by colonialists Dutch museums vow to return art looted by colonialists | Netherlands | The Guardian Estimated 100,000 exhibits may be repatriated to remedy historical ‘injustices’ https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/oct/08/dutch-museums-vow-to-return-art-looted-by-colonialists
Revision of SAMA Constitution Information Session Please find attached a notice for a Zoom meeting to be held on 21 October 2020 at 10am. The purpose of the meeting is to discuss in depth the revision of the constitution prior to the AGM. Please inform the SAMA Office (samuseums@gmail.com) if you would like to attend so we can send you the link. All documents related to the Constitu… Click the link
Cape Times: 29 September 2020: D6 Museum’s founder Dr Nagia dies https://www.pressreader.com/south-africa/cape-times/20200929/281487868794317