The Swakopmund Museum has a 50% discount on Saturdays! Adults pay N$ 15 and children N$ 5. We are open from 10 till 17 every day including public holidays. Everyone is welcome to Swakopmund Museum!
Heritage Week 2020 in Swakopmund
On 21 –27 September 2020 the Scientific Society Swakopmund invites the public to celebrate the Heritage Week 2020 at the Swakopmund Museum and COSDEF Arts and Crafts Centre. This year the theme is “Ombazu Ndjiritutumuna | Building Cultural Resilience – The New Normal” and the program encompasses not only offline but also online events. The […]
Share your Stories of Hope
Share your Stories of Hope during the Lockdown! The Swakopmund Museum wants to create hope and solidarity through storytelling. What has happened to you during the pandemic? Who helped you to get through the hard times? Did you create new family traditions? Maybe started a new business? Bring in some optimism and share your story […]
June-July 2020 Special in Swakopmund Museum
Great news! From 23 June 2020 the Swakopmund Museum is open again and it runs a SPECIAL! Buy ONE ticket to the Museum and visit us the whole of June – July for FREE!
Competition: New name for “Reports”
Prize competition: 9 March – 31 March 2020 For many years, the Scientific Society Swakopmund (SSS) has been publishing the well-known bi-annual “Reports” with their popular science articles on research and science in Namibia. The SSS now wants to raise the profile of the publication, and is therefore looking for a new name that better […]
Film screening “Baxu and the Giants”
Topic Public screening of “Baxu and the Giants”, a short Namibian film on rhino poaching, followed by a public discussion with the director Florian Schott and Save the Rhino Trust Namibia Presented by Florian Schott and Save the Rhino Trust Language English Date 3 March 2020 Time At 6pm Place Swakopmund Museum Lecture hall On […]
“We actually need to collect everything!”
Topic African artefacts in colonial collections and restitution demands in Namibia Presented by Dr. Dag Henrichsen Language English Date 11th February 2020 Time At 6pm Place Swakopmund Museum Lecture Hall On Tuesday the 11th of February at 6pm the historian Dr. Dag Henrichsen will present the lecture “We actually need to collect everything!” in the […]
My Journey defined who I am today – The extended Road to Namibia
Topic My Journey defined who I am todayThe extended Road to Namibia Presented by Dr. Vickey Do Cabo Language English Date 4th February 2020 Time At 6pm Place Swakopmund Museum Lecture Hall On Tuesday the 4th of February at 6pm Dr Vickey Do Cabo will present a lecture titled “The extended Road to Namibia, My […]
Presentation: Overcoming Apartheid
Topic Overcoming Apartheid – The personal experiences of an unusual couple Presented by Tshiwa Trudie Amulungu & Wilfried Brock Language English Date 20 December 2019 Time At 6pm Place Swakopmund Museum Lecture Hall On Friday the 20th of December at 6pm we present another part of the interesting lecture series “The long road to Namibia […]
Silent Auction of African Art
Date Saturday 7th December – Sunday 15th December 2019 Time Open Hours Place Swakopmund Museum Lecture Hall From Saturday 7 December to Sunday 15 December 2019 the Swakopmund Scientific Society will hold an open auction of a collection of various African Art Artefacts in the Museum lecture hall. These are all items from a private […]