Repositories

  • Contact Information

    • Name:

      Kwazulu Cultural Museum, Ondini

    • Postal Address:

      P.O. Box 523
      3838 Ulundi
      South Africa

    • Location:

      King Cetshwayo Highway-Ondini

    • Telephone:

      27-35-8702051/2

    • Facsimile:

      27-35-8702054

    • E-mail:

      amafahq@mweb.co.za

    • Director:

      Barry Durban Marshall

    • Year founded:

      1980

  • Collections

    • Type of repository:

      Museum

    • Types of source material:

      Archival records
      Artifacts
      Oral histories
      Photographs
      Sound recordings

    • Size:

      about 500 artifacts.

    • Holdings:

      The Kwazulu Cultural Museum houses one of the most representative collections of the cultural heritage(beadworks,art etc). It is situated in the Ondini Reserve which comprises the museum, an open air museum(reconstructed beehive both on top of original hut-floors), King Cestshwayo residence and a small side museum. A small reference library was established for the museum.

    • Receiving new material?

      No

    • Languages:

      English, Zulu

  • Access Conditions

    • Finding tools:

      Accession lists or registers
      Card catalogs
      Inventories

    • Copier available?:

      No

  • Repository publications:

    • J. Laband. Fight us in the open. Pietermaritzburg: Shuter & Shooter, 1985
    • J. Laband, J. Mathews. Isandlwana. Pietermaritzburg: Shuter & Shooter, 1992. In Zulu and English
    • J. Laband, J. Wright. King Cetshwayo kaMapande. Pietermaritzburg: Shuter & Shooter, 1985.
    • J. Laband. The battle of Ulundi. Pietermaritzburg: Shuter & Shooter, 1988
    • Zulu Treasures of Kings and Commoners. Durban: Kwazulu Cultural Museum, Ulundi Local History Museums, 1996.