The National Art Gallery of Namibia (NAGN) is happy to announce the relaunch of the Happy Art Hour social event, featuring live art demonstrations by College of the Arts Alumni. This event promises to be a significant milestone in the NAGN's efforts to continuously engage with its audiences and maintain this repour. Towards the aforementioned, kindly download the Happy Art...
The Namibia National Commission for UNESCO, together with the Estonian National Commission for UNESCO/ delegation will be hosting another conference this year, in August 2024. The goal of the conference is to motivate Namibian higher and vocational education institutions to incorporate digital skills and entrepreneurial capabilities rooted in cultural heritage into their curricula to enhance the educational experience. Theme: Creative Entrepreneurship...
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We are happy to announce the call for applications for Namibian Heritage Week 2024 grants, generously powered by the National Arts Council of Namibia. This funding opportunity is exclusively available to institutional members of MAN. The theme for Namibian Heritage Week this year is “Kultuur is Gemeenskap, Germeenskap is Kultuur” in Afrikaans which translates to “Culture is Community, Community is Culture” in English, 16–...
PRESS RELEASE International Jazz Day Namibia 2024 Jazz: for peace, dialogue, mutual understanding and freedom of expression The world has celebrated International Jazz Day on 30 April annually, following its proclamation by the UNESCO General Conference of Member States in November 2011. The Day...
Invitation to the official launch of a publication titled "Locating Namibian Cultural Heritage in Museums and Universities in German-Speaking Countries. A Finding Aid for Provenance Research" What kind of cultural heritage produced in Namibia can be found in German, Austrian and Swiss museums? And how did it get there? – These are two of the main questions behind the publication...
By announcing the opening of this exhibition, the National Art Gallery of Namibia (NAGN) and the National Museum of Namibia (NMN), are showcasing their collaborative efforts to create a safe space for the Namibian artist and researches their perspectives based on engagement with archival communal knowledge. Together with the Museums Association of Namibia (MAN), the Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation (SPK), the...
From the entire MAN team,Happy 34th Independence Day, Namibia! 🇳🇦
DECOLONIZING MUSEUMS AND COLONIAL COLLECTIONS Towards a Transdisciplinary Agenda and Methods TRANSMAT | IN2PAST 2025 ConferenceCONFERENCE | 12 TO 14 MARCH 2025 Set to take place from March 12 to 14, 2025, in Portugal (the city is yet to be confirmed), this international conference is a collaborative effort between colleagues from Institute of Contemporary History, NOVA University, and Évora University (Portugal),...
* This invitation has been posted to the MAN website as received. "In Germany, more than 17,000 ancestral remains from all over the world are kept in so-called collections in museums and universities. Information about these ancestors is difficult to find, especially for civil society members and descendants who want to bring their ancestors home. In an attempt to get an...
