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Address:
Mapungubwe Museum, University of Pretoria, Old Arts Building 2-4, Lynnwood Road, Pretoria
Opening Hours:
Tue- Fri 10H00 -16H00
Not open on weekends or public holidays.
Entrance free of charge
Contact:
The Curator, Sian Tiley
mapungubwe@postino.up.ac.za
Phone: +27 12 420 3146
Fax: +27 12 420 2262
Additional information:
See also: http://www.mapungubwe.com/cultural.htm
Links:
Mapungubwe Museum
University of Pretoria
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Description:
The Mapungubwe Museum serves as a university and public archaeological museum. The collection centres around southern Africa's first kingdom which flourished in the 13th century AD. This archaeological museum consists of fine gold ornaments recovered from royal graves, ceramicware, refined bone tools, ivory, shells, trade glass and indigenous beads, clay figurines, iron and copper implements and Sung celadon. Mapungubwe is renowned as South Africa's new Mapungubwe National Park and a World Heritage Site. The Univeristy of Pretoria has been proud custodians of this valuable collection for more than seventy years after its discovery in the 1930's and today plays a valuable role in conserving South Africa's cultural heritage.
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