Swakopmund Museum is turning 70 this year! The Scientific Society Swakopmund invites you to celebrate it and visit the Museum on 17 December from 10:00 to 17:00. The entrance is free the whole day! COVID-19 rules and regulations apply.
Science Film Festival 2021
On 6-11 December the Scientific Society Swakopmund is hosting the Science Film Festival. We will be screening short science and family movies for children and adults, as well as organizing workshops and activities for the whole family. Join us in the Swakopmund Museum! For more information, contact the curator Nadine Phiri on 081 294 7344 […]
“Journey with Namibian architect Erhard Roxin” Book Launch
On 25 November at 18:00 the Scientific Society Swakopmund invites you to a book launch by the Namibian architect Erhard Roxin. The book ”Journey with Namibian architect Erhard Roxin” takes you on a trip of prize-winning architecture in his town of choice, Swakopmund. It tells of good design and how it influences our everyday life […]
Book launch „Die Woermann-Linie als Lebensader Deutsch-Südwestafrikas“ (in German)
Presentation “What fish ears have to say”
On 23 November at 18 o’clock the Scientific Society Swakopmund invites you to the presentation about fisheries science “What fish ears have to say”. In this talk Dr Margit Wilhelm will explain what a fish “otolith” (ear stone) is and how it can be used to tell us different things in fisheries science. These range […]
Creative Competition “Fantastic Fauna and Flora”
1 November – 26 December we are running a creative competition in the Swakopmund Museum. Attractive prizes to be won! You can also enter as a group or family. The due date for handing in pieces of art at the Swakopmund Museum is 26th December 2021, 15h00. For Ts&Cs contact Nadine at 0812947344 or nadine.p@sciswk.com. […]
Cape Cross? African seaside histories and colonial resistance in the 19th century.
9 November at 18 o’clock the Scientific Society Swakopmund invites you to the presentation “Cape Cross? African seaside histories and colonial resistance in the 19th century” by the historian Dag Henrichsen (Centre for African Studies, University of Basel). When we reflect about “Cape Cross” we should ask whether we only speak about an object, or, […]
Reading with Adriana Altaras (in German)
On 23 October at 18:00 the Swakopmund Museum will host a book reading with the German-Jewish writer and actress Adriana Altaras (in German). For more information, please visit the website: www.altaras.eu The entrance is free, donations welcome. Hintergrund Adriana Altaras wurde in Zagreb geboren. Sie wuchs in Italien und Deutschland auf und studierte an der […]
Heritage Week 2021
The Scientific Society Swakopmund invites you to celebrate The Namibian Heritage week with the Swakopmund Museum and COSDEF Arts and Craft Centre! This year we have prepared exciting educational videos and workshops that have to do with fashion, the threads that bind us together. Online events are broadcasted on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, Youtube – Scientific […]
Mental Health Training
In September – December 2021 the Scientific Society Swakopmund presents a series of mental health trainings by the Swakopmund psychologist Monika Walter (B.A. Hons. Psych. Traumatherapy). The first event will take place this Saturday, 4 September at 10:00-11:00 at the Swakopmund Museum lecture hall. The training “Loving What Is” will question the meaning of life, […]