Posted on July 29, 2022
The UP Archives is the proud custodian of the University of Pretoria’s Art Archives – a remarkable assemblage of South African art heritage. Dating back to the 1930s, the Art Archives is a collection of records related to South African art and artists. During this era, the University...
Posted on July 29, 2022
The University of Pretoria (UP) Museums dedicated 67 minutes on 18 July 2022 to plan, install, display and deinstall, a spontaneous pop-up exhibition of three artworks of Mandela within the Institution’s collections.
Posted on July 05, 2022
Mention Mapungubwe and many think of the iconic national treasures such as the gold rhino from the 1000-year-old Iron Age site in Limpopo. But Mapungubwe has another history that lies beyond the archaeological finds excavated in the 1930s.
Posted on June 27, 2022
“We are trying to get as many students, employees, and members of the UP community as possible to promote IMD2022, which includes visiting scholars and academics. The museums want the backbone staff of Professional Services such as Security Services, Cleaning Services, Administration,...
Posted on June 27, 2022
The University of Pretoria Museums (UP Museums) joined more than 104 000 Museums in 152 countries to celebrate International Museums Day (IMD), set aside for the 18 May. This day represent a unique moment for the museum community to engage with their public and highlight the role of museums as...
Posted on June 08, 2022
Matsobane Steven Motena, Interpretative Officer and Guide at UP Museums tells Tukkievaria how he chose his career at an early age.
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.
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...
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.
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