The Namibian Heritage Week (NHW) Team would like to extend our deepest gratitude to every Namibian individual and organisation (private and public) who contributed to making NHW 2025 a resounding success. Every year, we say, “This is a week for every single Namibian to get involved in celebrating and learning about Namibia’s rich and diverse heritage. We will only be able...
Weltkulturen Museum in Frankfurt am Main (Germany) hosts a collection of around 542 historical cultural belongings from Namibia. If you are a Namibian heritage professional and happen to be on a stopover in Frankfurt, the museum can offer you 3–4 days of free accommodation to spend time engaging with the Frankfurt collection and the Weltkulturen Museum team. For a detailed overview...
The Museums Association of Namibia (MAN) is a Non-Governmental Organisation representing museums and heritage institutions throughout Namibia. As a representative body, it supports museums in various ways, such as in the field of training, funding and the networking of professionals. MAN invites qualified individuals to apply for the following trainee cataloguing positions. POSITION: Trainee Cataloguers x2 DURATION: 01 August 2025 to...
Together with the entire Namibian nation and beyond, it is with a heavy heart that the Museums Association of Namibia (MAN), mourns the passing of the Founding President of the Republic of Namibia and Founding Father of the Nation, His Excellency Dr. Sam Shafiishuna Nujoma. It goes without saying that Namibia has lost one of its greatest heroes whose impact on Namibia in his...
About the Project As part of the Confronting Colonial Pasts, Envisioning Creative Futures (CCP, ECF) Project (2018-2025), the project partner institutions in Namibia and Germany are in the process of developing a publication about the project. The CCP, ECF project is, to date, the largest collaborative research, exhibition and restitution project in which cultural belongings have been returned from Germany...
Fraudulent Reference Letter Alert! The Museums Association of Namibia (MAN) has discovered the circulation of a fraudulent reference letter, dated 2021, falsely attributed to a former MAN employee. We wish to notify our members, project partners, and stakeholders, both within Namibia and internationally, to remain vigilant regarding this matter. MAN is and always has been dedicated to excellence. Therefore,...
Call For Membership Dues 2024 Dear ICOM Namibia Members According to the ICOM Statutes (article 5, section 3), it’s ICOM Namibia’s responsibility to collect membership fees from our Members and remit them to ICOM. ICOM Namibia and the Museums Association of Namibia (MAN) have entered into an agreement to co-facilitate the payment of ICOM Namibia membership fees. Download the fees, categories and...
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–...
