museums
The Living Museum of the Ju/’hoansi
The Ju/’hoansi people founded their Living Museum of the Ju/’hoansi San near Tsumkwe, Namibia, several years ago in order to help preserve and showcase for visitors their values and way of life. According to their website, “the Living Museum is an authentic open-air museum where guests can learn a lot about the traditional culture and […]
Exhibit of Historic Nubian Objects
The Nubians in ancient times created wonderful art works—statuary, jewelry, gold—as fine as anything produced by their rivals to the north, the Egyptians. However, they did not do as much writing so not as much is known about them. A brief article in the New York Times described the huge collection of Nubian artifacts at […]
Museum Exhibit Focuses on Peace
The Mennonite Heritage Museum and Park in Henderson, Nebraska, is hosting a traveling peace exhibit that features the famous Hutterite war resisters who were tortured to death by the American army during World War I. The traveling exhibit, titled “Voices of Conscience: Peace Witness in the Great War,” opened at the museum on Sunday, July […]
Ladakhi Village Preserves its History
Despite being kicked back and forth between Pakistan and India, the 3,300 residents of the village of Turtuk are determined to continue their traditional lives and culture. Turtuk, located in the northwest section of the Leh District of Ladakh, was part of India until the 1947 war, then part of Pakistan after the war but […]
Treasures of the Nubian Museum
Despite all the problems suffered by the Nubians in Egypt, at least the Nubian Museum in Aswan celebrates their thousands of years of rich history and civilization. An article last week in The Arab Weekly highlights some of the treasures in the museum and the meaning of them for the Nubian people. The museum building, […]
Semai on Display
The Orang Asli Crafts Museum in Kuala Lumpur recently featured the cultures and the history of the Semai and the Mah Meri societies of Malaysia in a special, two-day event. According to an article last week in The Star, a Malaysian newspaper, visitors learned about the traditional beliefs, tools, and clothing of the two Orang […]
Museums Proposed for Ladakh
India’s National Museum Institute, part of the National Museum in New Delhi, has taken a strong interest in preserving the unique cultural heritage of Ladakh. According to an article published last week, the Institute is focusing on what they call the intangible cultural heritage (ICH) of the Ladakhi people. The National Museum Institute (NMI), which […]
Nattilik Heritage Centre Opens
Last Thursday, the Nattilik Heritage Centre in Gjoa Haven officially opened. It displays Inuit items taken by Roald Amundsen during his historic voyage through the Northwest Passage. According to earlier news reports, Amundsen stayed in the small community in Nunavut, named after his ship the Gjoa, for nearly two years, from October 1903 to August […]
Inuit Artifacts Return to Nunavut (Museum Displays, Part 2)
When a new cultural center opens in Gjøa Haven, Nunavut, this fall, it will include some items taken from the community over 100 years ago by Roald Amundsen, the famed Norwegian explorer. The Inuit town is named after the small ship sailed by Amundsen and his crew, the Gjøa. According to a news story last […]
Exhibit Showcases Montana Hutterites (Museum Displays, Part 1)
A museum in northwestern Montana is now displaying a special exhibit about the Hutterites, designed to dispel the false images about them aired a year ago by the National Geographic Channel. The exhibit, prepared by Kristy Calvery, Curator of the Conrad Transportation and Historical Museum in Conrad, Montana, showcases the realities of nearby Hutterite colonies. […]
