Exciting activities await visitors to the third
Museum and Heritage Expo at
Paarl Mall from Thursday 13 May till Sunday 16 May.
In commemoration of
International Museum Day,
the event is organised by Paarl Museum and Die Afrikaanse Taalmuseum en -monument, with more than twenty heritage institutions also participating in the expo.
A highlight of the expo is
Franschhoek Motor Museum’s three-wheel Mars-Carette from 1905, imported from London in 1973. It has a foot-operated clutch and hand-operated throttle which makes it quite difficult to drive. Just like the early Riley, the driver sits on a saddle at the back, with the passenger sitting in a basketwork seat in front of him.
Visitors will be able to see a baby crocodile on Saturday from 10:00 to 14:00 at CapeNature and Le Bonheur Crocodile Farm’s stall. A special programme will be presented in the food court from 12:00 to 13:00 on Saturday with performances by Zulu-dancers from Kwazulu-Natal and learners from Charleston Hill Primary who will dance the Diski dance.
Fun Learning activities include:
- the discovery of Paarl, which includes a Search in a sandbox where clues and items must be matched. At the Taalmonument stall visitors will help build a clay model of the Taalmonument.
- A fun way to learn more about wine : visit the wine-tasting stall of Victor Titus Wine Edutainment and Domaine Brahms Winery, and the brave at heart may taste Kleinplasie Worcester Open-air Museum’s “witblits”.
- Iziko Museum’s bus full of museum artifacts will be parked in the middle of the Mall;
- At Cape Medical Museum’s stall visitors will be able to assemble a plastic human body – that’s if you have a clue where every part fits!
Other exhibitors include: Stellenbosch Village Museum, the Huguenot Memorial Museum of Franschhoek, District Six Museum, Wellington Museum, Ouma Granny’s House Museum, the Wheat Industry Museum, Koinonia, the Anglo Boer War Monument, the Paarl Philatelist Society, Al-Azhar Paarl Islamic Library, Het Gesticht, Paarl Tourism and Drakenstein Tourism.
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