They were all painted by Dr Phillip Clancey, one of southern Africa s most renowned bird artists and a long-time director of the Museum. A centrepiece exhibit is a rowdy looking crowd of vultures at a carcass. Rare species that can be seen include specials such as the Bittern, White-backed Night Heron, Blue Swallow and Delegorgue s Pigeon. The flightless birds display offers impressive examples of the Ostrich, Emu and Cassowary. The Museum is open every day of the year, except for Christmas Day and Good Friday.
Entrance is free.
The telephone number of the Museum s information desk is 031-3006212. The bird scientific collection is housed upstairs of the public galleries and can be visited by prior arrangement. This collection formed the basis of Dr Clancey s lifetime work on subspeciation in African birds and is in constant demand from local and international people for scientific, artistic and bird identification purposes. Bird clubs and student groups are regularly hosted for courses with access to the collection. The Museum also has smaller collections of freeze-dried specimens, wet specimens, nests, eggs and skeletons.