EXPLORE MUSEUM CAREERS WITH IZIKO MUSEUMS OF SOUTH AFRICA

Join the three-day careers workshop open to grade 9-12 learners who wish to explore career options within museums. Take this opportunity to discover life behind the scenes!

Enquiries: Wardah Harris via telephone: 021 481 3823 or via email bookings@iziko.org.za

Note:
Learners will also receive campaign materials and a certificate of participation at the end of the workshop.
Lunch and refreshments will be provided.

Tuesday 18 June 2024 Iziko South African Museum
09:30 Introduction with facilitator Rory Emmett
10:00 –10:30 Karoo Paleontology
10:30 –11:50 Walk-about in ISAM (Paleontology link)
10:50 -11:10 Entomology behind the scenes
11:10 –11:30 Marine Biology
11:30 -11:50 Role of the Educator at a museum
11:50 –12:20 Q&A session
12:30 –13:00 LUNCH
13:15-14:15 Planetarium show and behind-the-scenes talk
Reflection with Rory at the Iziko Gallery Annexe

Wednesday 19 June 2024 Iziko South African National Gallery and Iziko Rust en Vreugd Museum

09:30 Introduction with facilitator Rory Emmett
10:00 –10:30 Conservation behind the scenes
11:00 –11:30 Walkabout tour with the Curator of ‘Then I knew I was good at painting: Esther Mahlangu, a Retrospective’. Brief intro to the gallery rooms
11:30 -12:00 Collection Management: ‘The life of an artwork in a museum’, acquisitions, storage.
12:00 –12:30 LUNCH
12:30 -13:00 Photography at a Museum
13:00 –13:15 Tour through the Iziko Rust en Vreugd House Museum
13:20 –14:00 Marketing and Communications at Iziko Museums
14:00 –14:15 Reflection with Rory at the Iziko Gallery Annexe

Thursday 20 June 2024 Iziko Slave Lodge and the Iziko Social History Centre

09:00 Introduction with facilitator Rory Emmett at the Iziko South African Museum
09:30 Group walk to Iziko Slave Lodge
10:00 –10:30 Introduction of the Iziko Slave Lodge
10:30 –11:00 Walkabout tour curator at the Iziko Social History Centre
11:00 –11:30 Collection Management of the Social History Centre
11:30 –12:00 Conservation in a Museum
12:30 –13:00 Group walk back to Iziko South African Museum. LUNCH
13:00 –13:30 Iziko Mobile Museum Presentation
14:00 –14:15 Reflection with Rory at the Iziko Gallery Annexe