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Museum Matters 26 MEMBERSHIP Contact Information Name: _______________________________________________ Institution: _______________________________________________ Postal Address: _______________________________________________ Physical Address: _______________________________________________ Cell: _______________________________________________ Tel: _______________________ Fax: ___________________ Email Address: _______________________________________________ Membership information Individual N$120.00 Associate N$200.00 Museum/Institution N$400.00 Please note that Associate Members are museums still in development and not yet open to the public Is this a (Choose one): New Membership Membership Renewal Payments can be made to: Museums Association of Namibia, Standard Bank, Gustav Voigts Centre Branch, Windhoek, Acc. No. 246311029 (Savings Acc.) Please reference the invoice number or the name of the museum with the payment and fax a copy of your deposit slip to 088629688 or 061-302236 as proof of payment. Alternatively you can email it to [email protected] FOR OFFICE USE ONLY: Membership category: ______________ Membership number: _______________ Payment type: ________ Payment Date: _____________ From the Editor Museum Matters 26 Content Bulletin Board Page 2: Farewell Naitsi Page 3: Meet Hilma Page 3: Meet the Interns Features Page 4: MAN Bursaries Page 6: Internships and Staff Exchange Page 8: Taking it to the Streets: CAM Conference Page 10: Making an Impact: Exhibition Design We’ve reached the end of another year and what Page 11: National Training Workshop: Financial a busy year it’s been for MAN. We’ve more than Management doubled in size in terms of staff and we have also Page 12: ICOM Zambia Workshop grown in membership with the addition of new Page 14: EEASA Conference 2014 member museums and individual members. Page 15: Bank Windhoek Triennial 2014 Page 16: Museum Collections Make Connections MAN has had many achievements this year; from Page 18: The Revival of Namibian Traditional taking part in the Namibian Tourism Expo and Instruments receiving a Silver award, to the successful revival Page 20: Holocaust and Genocide Education: of the School Clubs and Museums Exhibition Sharing Experience Across Borders Competition (SCAMX) after four years of it being Page 22: SCAMX Teachers Workshop dormant to taking part in Heritage Week 2014 Page 23: SCAMX Winners 2014 amongst many others. Page 26: Heritage Week 2014 We have undertaken new projects such as the Page 29: Onandjokwe Medicine Garden “Africa Accessioned” and the “Exhibition Regulars Development for Namibian Museums” projects Page 30: Youth Review: TransNamib Museum which were made possible through funding by Page 32: Curator’s Toolkit: Pest Management ICME and the Finnish Embassy respectively. Twelve MAN members also took part in the Commonwealth Association of Museums (CAM) Cover Photograph: Oil Density Measurer, Trace course called “Introduction to Museum Studies” Garren, Townhouse Photography for the first time. Layout and Design: Ndapewoshali Ndahafa Ashipala Disclaimer: Museum Matters is published by the Museums This edition of Museum Matters covers MAN’s Association of Namibia but is not the voice of the association. The exciting activities for the second half of 2014. information contained in this newsletter is intended to inform Take a look at the bulletin board to meet the members (and the general public) about our past and future activities. It is also a platform for sharing ideas and experiences. people who made all of MAN’s projects a reality MAN members are encouraged to submit articles and suggestions this year. Keep an eye out for the MAN Bursary to help us improve Museum Matters for you. No person, recipients who are undertaking very exciting organisation or party can copy or reproduce the content of this newsletter or any part of this publication without a written consent study programs in 2015. Wishing you a happy from the publisher and the author of the content as applicable. festive season for you and yours. Making Museums Matter 1 Bulletin Board Museum Matters 26 Farewell Naitsi Meet Hilma Ms Naitsikile Iizyenda has been the Mrs Hilma Kapuka has been appointed Operations Manager at MAN since to the position of Project officer: 2009. She also served as the Editor of Exhibition Development. She joined Museum Matters and has MAN on the 08th of September 2014. spearheaded many of the projects run She has currently completed her and completed by MAN. She left MAN dissertation for her Masters of Arts at the end of October 2014 and will degree in Public and Visual History at surely be missed. the University of the Western Cape. She does however, maintain her Mrs Kapuka currently holds a Bachelor position as ICOM Namibia of Arts degree in Education and has Chairperson and will continue to five years’ experience as a history encourage and facilitate museum teacher and was a previous prize- development and the development of winner in the SCAMX school the heritage sector in Namibia. The competition. Mrs Kapuka is heading entire MAN team wishes Naitsi up the “Exhibition Development for success in her new job and in all her Namibian Museums” project which is future endeavours. a two year project funded by the Finnish Embassy. Making Museums Matter 2 Museum Matters 26 Meet the Interns Limba Mupetami Loide Shipingana Lavinia Nelulu Limba is studying Lavinia is studying towards a Bachelor’s Loide has recently towards a Bachelor’s completed her degree in Tr a v e l degree in Media studies towards a BSc and Tourism (Public Relations) at (Honours) in Management at the the University of Molecular Biology Namibia. She joined Polytechnic of th and Biochemistry at Namibia. She joined MAN on the 08 of the University of man on the 08th of September 2014 Namibia and is September 2014 and is working on currently waiting to and is carrying out a project called graduate. She is a 6 month “Africa Accessioned” carrying out a three internship with MAN which aims to month internship until the 06th of create partnerships at Outapi War March 2015. between African Museum and museums and those Ombalantu Baobab in Europe. The Tree and Heritage project will run until Site simultaneously. 2015. She started her internship on the 13th of October 2014 and her internship will end on the 9th of January 2015. Making Museums Matter 3 Museum Matters 26 Agnes Shiningayamwe MAN Bursaries I am Agnes Shiningayamwe, 23 years old. I The Namibia Development Plan II indicated have a Bachelor degree (honours) in an expected growth in regional museums, education. I’m currently a History Teacher. In whilst NDP III showed planning for the August this year, I was very happy to learn establishment of 13 regional cultural about my selection as one of the bursary villages. The MDG-F Programme in recipients of the Museum Association of Sustainable Cultural Tourism for Namibia, Namibia. the MCA Programme, the German `Special Initiative’ all include provision for the development of new museums and cultural heritage attractions. The Museums Association of Namibia is aware of over 30 community-based, private or local government initiatives to establish museums. However, whilst there are signs of major capital investment in the museum sector, MAN had a major concern that there I am deeply appreciative of this support as is insufficient provision for training of young this will allow me to pursue a Postgraduate Namibians. It was on this basis that MAN Diploma in Heritage Management and recognised the need to invest in both the conservation with the University of Namibia development of specialized professionals in 2015. and the provision of training on key issues of concern to the museum sector. I have decided to embark on this career because I have a passion for heritage Provision was therefore made for an annual management. My dream is to become a bursary scheme to enable one or more Heritage manager and I hope to work with graduates or experienced museum the conservation of our historical buildings, professionals to attend a Postgraduate landscape or heritage sites, including those course that will result in a recognized with a world heritage ranking. qualification. The bursary is advertised annually on a competitive basis, normally for Asser Ndeutapo Manya studies within Southern Africa. This year, My name is Asser Ndeutapo Manya and I four bursaries were awarded for students hold an honours degree in Tourism and starting their studies at the end of 2014 or Heritage Studies which I obtained at the the beginning of 2015. University of Namibia (UNAM) in May. Let’s meet the four 2014 MAN bursary recipients… Making Museums Matter 4 Museum Matters 26 Albertina Nekongo I am Albertina Ndapandula Nekongo, a fourth year Bachelor of Arts (Honours) student majoring in History and Sociology. I am currently employed at an NGO called the Namibian Association of CBNRM Support Organisations, CBNRM stands for Community Based Natural Resource Management. As a proud recipient of a M.A.N bursary I am planning to study a Postgraduate Diploma in I am definitely interested in making a long- Heritage Conservation & Management at term commitment as a responsible UNAM in 2015. With this I wish to influence individual in the Heritage and Museum local, national and international leaders to safeguard our Culture and Natural Heritage sector. In terms of my future career path, I and inspire future generations to do am confident that I will do my work with likewise. excellence and opportunities will inevitably open up for me. Thus, I am planning to do my Helvi Elago Postgraduate Diploma in Heritage Studies with the aim to market, manage and Helvi Elago is studying towards a Master of conserve our cultural and natural heritage. I Arts in Heritage Management of the would like to study archaeology to be able to University of Kent and the Athens University document and understand the historical of Economics and Business, for the academic context of past events and to promote year 2014-2015. heritage to the public.
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