Transvaal Museum - General Information

Transvaal Museum

Paul Kruger Street, ,
SOUTH AFRICA

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Date 2004	Event	Description	Time	Contact	Cost
Birds
22 May	Introduction to the Transvaal Museum bird collection - why such a collection is made, why it is important?	Basic talk on Systematics covering what systematics is, how it developed, how it works. Tour of the bird collections. Preparators at work preparing bird specimens (skins, skeletons).		Ms Tshifhiwa Mandiwana & mrs Tamar Cassidy
22 June 3 July 7 August 4 September 2 October 6 November	Bird collection open days	Allow people the opportunity to use the bird collections specifically for identification of birds in preparation for the Big Birding Day, and following the launch of the new edition of Roberts bird book.	First Saturday of each month from June to November, from 14h00-16h00.	Mrs Tamar Cassidy	Museum entrance + Adults R 20 Children R 10 Booking essentail
19 June	Gamebird systematics (Francolins)	Talk about gamebird systematics. Viewing of relevant parts of bird collection.		Ms Tshifhiwa Mandiwana
Bird and Mammals
August To be confirmed	Austin Roberts Commemorative Lecture	Annual event with an invited guest speaker to talk on birds or mammals.	To be confirmed.	Ms Teresa Kearney
Mammals
10 July and 25 September	Introduction to the Transvaal Museum mammal collection - why such a collection is made, why it is important?	Illustrated talk about how and why the collection was / is made, how it is used and why is it a national treasure (Teresa Kearney). Tour of the museum mammal collections (Teresa Kearney). Preparators (Anna Maleka, Captain Ndhlovu) at work preparing mammal specimens (skins, skeletons).	10h00-13h00	Ms Teresa Kearney
13 November	Bats of South Africa.	Illustrated talk on basic bat biology, how to recognize different bats (visually and using a bat detector), where to find bats, current research. Tour of the museum bat collections. Optional component that evening: mistnetting and listening to bats with bat detectors	9h00-13h00	Ms Teresa Kearney	Museum entrance fee plus additional fee: adults R20; children R10.
17 July	An introduction to rodents and insectivores of South Africa, and their identification.	Illustrated talks on basic biology; how to recognize the difference between a rodent, a shrew, a golden mole, a rodent mole and an elephant shrew; where to find them; current research. Tour of the museum rodent and shrew collections. Use museum specimens and course notes to make identifications.	9h00-13h00	Ms Teresa Kearney
Palaeontology
On demand.	Human evolution / Early man	Talks on human evolution in relation to the displays and the fossils in the Broom Room	Please book well in advance.	Dr Francis Thackeray & Ms Stephany Potze	Museum entrance fee plus Broom room entrance fee: adults / children R10.
Night tours
26 March 25 June 22 September 3 December	Night tour of the Transvaal Museum	For families and groups of friends. Spend an exciting evening in the museum, visit the Discovery Centre, tour the museum and visit one of the research collections - behind the scenes. Planet Earth is shown as a special late night movie.	18h00-06h00	Ms Saskia Kempff	Adults: R140 Children: R120 Included: Supper, Midnight snacks and breakfast.
Invertebrates
3 July 2004	Spider course (with dr Ansie Dippenaar)	Classification of spiders, Common names, Venomous spiders of SA & African Cultural uses, Ecology & conservation, Preservation and Museum work. View the collection - behind the scenes and see examples of spiders under microscopes Live specimens - spiders as pets not pests	09h00-14h00	Mr Klaas Manamela	Adults / senior learners: R150 Included: tea and light lunch
General Events
17 21 May	10^th Anniversary of Democracy and International Museums day	Mrs Ples, Moon rock, Mars rock, Metamorphosis, Magnificent specimens	Monday Saturdays 09h00- 17h00 Sundays 11h00 17h00		Museum entrance + Adults R 10 Children R 8 18 May 2004 free