Bayworld is celebrating International Museum Day on Sunday, 29 May 2011. As part of the celebrations, Bayworld will also be hosting various schools within the Port Elizabeth area to visit the Museum during the week of the 26th and 27th May 2011. Emile Badenhorst together with the education team Nicky and Sandile will be doing presentations on Museums and Memories. Emile Badenhorst presentation entitled ‘Museums and Memories’, Sandile and Nicky will be doing presentation on ‘Careers in Museums’ to the learners groups on the 26th and 27th May 2011. Pieter Wagener from the Department of Physics at Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University will be doing a presentation on ‘Boskop Skull” on the 27th May 2011 at 18:00 to the Friends of Bayworld. No 7 Castle Hill Museum, situated in the central area of Port Elizabeth, will also be open on Sunday 29 May 2011, from 10:00 to 13:00 free of charge. Come and browse through the books on Geology and try and trace your ancestors. International Museum Day has been celebrated on 18 May all around the world since 1977. Due to elections within South Africa this year which took place on the 18th May 2011 International Museums Day will be celebrated on the 25th May 2011. Museums are an important means of cultural exchange, enrichment of cultures and development of mutual understanding, co-operation and peace among people. The event provides the opportunity for museum professionals to meet the public and alert them to the challenges museums face. The theme for this year is Museums and Memories. Entrance to the Museum Complex on 29 May 2011 will be FREE for all ages.
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