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University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa, Africa

The James Kitching Gallery (Museum of Palaeontology)

Museum or Collection Type:
Natural History & Natural Science
Institutional Type:
Museum

Subject:
Palaeontology

Address:
BPI (Palaeontology), Wits University, Private Bag 3, Wits, 2050, SOUTH AFRICA

Contact:
DR. Bernhard Zipfel
bernhard.zipfel@wits.ac.za
106sjr@cosmos.wits.ac.za
Phone: [+27-11] 716-2727
Fax: [+27-11] 403-1423

Links:
The James Kitching Gallery (Museum of Palaeontology)
University of the Witwatersrand

Description:
The Bernard Price Institute (BPI) maintains a small museum of palaeontology in the Van Riet Lowe Building on the East Campus of the University of the Witwatersrand, depicting fossils from the main areas of palaeontological research in which the Institute specialises.