The Iziko South African museum’s newest exhibition since the Covid-19 pandemic aims to revolutionise the future of museum practices. Instead of curating mere ‘cabinets of curiosity’, the exhibition is a step towards looking beyond objects’ obvious beauty.
The African bear, now extinct, was the only one of its kind to roam the plains of South Africa somePrior to printing the physical model, the skull is transformed into a virtual model using raw computed tomography scan data.
Guests examine an exhibit at the opening of the ‘Hidden Wonders of the Iziko South African Museum’ exhibition. Image: Nigel Pamplin/Iziko Museums of South Africa “We highlight the importance of insects that play a role in pollination, those that can be used as biocontrol agents and others that are used as indicators of water and soil health, thereby understanding how insects ensure our food security,” Kara notes.
The exhibition’s display of dragonfly and damselfly adults and dragonfly larvae highlights the importance of these insects, as well as stoneflies, mayflies, dobsonflies, and alderflies in water security. There, on the display information, the viewer is alerted to, for example, the flies’ hypersensitivity towards pollution which can help investigate water quality and manage river health, which ultimately protects these insects.
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