Prof Koornhof gifts rare Mapungubwe book to UP Mapungubwe Archive

Posted on May 23, 2022

Professor Carolina Koornhof, Executive Director of Finance and Business Initiatives at the University of Pretoria (UP), has donated a rarely found book about Mapungubwe to the Mapungubwe Archive of the UP Museums.

Museum Art Conservator joins international Scientific Advisory Board for new online research platform

Posted on May 06, 2022

The UP Museums are proud to announce that the Museum Art Conservator, Sandra Markgraaf, has been invited to join the Scientific Board of the Netherlands Institute for Art History (RKD) in conducting an exploration to develop an online research platform for gathering and sharing information about...

Earthly, garden and architectural delights at UP

Posted on March 01, 2022

The University of Pretoria (UP) contains significant and unique collections that are both natural and cultural. These include important resources, spaces and places of knowledge for academic enquiry, which are accessible to the UP community and exist to serve society.

UP and US Embassy host ceremony to launch Mapungubwe Archive

Posted on February 24, 2022

The University of Pretoria (UP) and the Embassy of the United States of America in Pretoria recently hosted a ceremony to open the Mapungubwe Archive as a research repository held under the curatorship of the UP Museums. A plaque was also unveiled during the event to acknowledge the US...

VISIT THE COROBRIK CERAMIC COLLECTION

Posted on January 07, 2022

With great appreciation to our partners, Corobrik (Pty) Ltd, Ceramics Southern Africa and the City of Tshwane’s Pretoria Art Museum, the UP Museums in November 2021 introduced the iconic Corobrik Ceramic Collection.

Going virtual: Google Arts & Culture

Posted on December 10, 2021

If you cannot visit the UP Museums in person or in a time of global restrictions and further potential lockdowns, simply search “ University of Pretoria Museums.” More than 724 works in the museum collection are a click away.

Unspoken - Temporary exhibition coming soon!

Posted on August 24, 2021

With partners such as Corobrik, Ceramics Southern Africa and the City of Tshwane’s Pretoria Art Museum, the UP Museums are bringing a major collective of South African ceramic art onto temporary exhibition.

UP Museums becomes first university museum in South Africa to bring iconic museum collections online on Google Arts & Culture

Posted on August 11, 2021

Over 700 unique works from the University of Pretoria Museums can now be enjoyed virtually from anywhere in the world.