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.
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...
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.
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.
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.
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.
Posted on May 18, 2021
The Discovery, an arresting oil painting by the Pretoria-born artist Alexis Preller (1911–1975), has been safely relocated from the foyer of the Javett Art Centre at the University of Pretoria (Javett-UP) to Hatfield Campus under the curatorial care and conservation of the University of...
Posted on April 22, 2021
The University of Pretoria (UP) Museums have welcomed a diversity of audiences back into the physical museum spaces, since reopening their doors in February 2021. While all visitor groups remain limited to ten persons at any given time for compliance, the museums continue to be aware of their...
Posted on March 29, 2021
A new exciting curated temporary exhibition will be launched soon in 2021 in the UP Museum’s World of Ceramics Gallery in the Old Arts Building.
Posted on March 29, 2021
The UP Museums are pleased to announce that the first phase of the new Sculpture Gallery is complete.
Posted on March 29, 2021
The Mapungubwe Archive in collaboration with the Department of Library’s Special Collections and Digital Scholarship Services are proud to announce the first comprehensive report on the excavations by the University of Pretoria is now available online.
Posted on February 12, 2021
More than 300 days after they closed their doors, the @UP_museums welcomed their first visitor, UP anthropology and archaeology student Tebogo Nkosi.
Posted on February 12, 2021
Former Deputy Chief Justice Dr Dikgang Moseneke recently had the opportunity to tour UP’s latest establishments and projects.
Posted on February 02, 2021
Congratulations to Lekgetho Makola on his new position as the CEO of Javett-UP! “I am looking forward to guiding one of South Africa’s newest museums to a truly distinctive place in our heritage sector,” says Makola.
Posted on January 28, 2021
After over 300 lockdown days, the UP Museums are finally reopening their doors to the public. With new artwork and some new gallery changes, read more here to find out what you can look forward to.
Posted on December 10, 2020
The University of Pretoria Museums as part of its strategic campaign (2020-2025) to widen access and deepen engagement has partnered with the UP Alumni Relations Office to launch a cultural campaign, named GLAM: Galleries/Gardens, Libraries, Archives and Museums.
Posted on December 10, 2020
The University of Pretoria Museums manage two archives, which contain primary historical records related to their collections.
Posted on December 10, 2020
Sian Tiley-Nel interviews Christopher Till as outgoing Director of Javett-UP
Posted on October 23, 2020
The 25th of October is International Artists Day and the University of Pretoria (UP) Museums and the Javett Art Centre at the University of Pretoria (UP) are celebrating artists and the impact they have on society.
Posted on October 14, 2020
The Old Arts Building with its iconic wooden clock tower, black slate roof and courtyard has seen, experienced and witnessed many graduation ceremonies and celebrated many comings and goings over more than a hundred years since the establishment of the university. It also weathered Black October...
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