Find your roots at Phansi Museum
Photographs by Lizelle Visagie
Phansi is pronounced ‘punzi’, meaning ‘below’ or ‘beneath in IsiZulu, after the basement location where it began.
‘Phansi’ is also known as the place beneath, where the ancestral spirits dwell.The museum was started in 2000 as a small private museum, and has since expanded to host one of the biggest and most spectacular collections of African arts and crafts in the world.The collection is held in Roberts House, a fully restored Victorian national monument, in Glenwood, Durban, South Africa.
Opening hours: 8am – 4pm Mon- Fri, weekends by appointment.Entrance fee (includes a museum tour +- 45 minutes long): Adults: R35 Students: R22 Children under 16: R28 (not recommended for children under 12 years
Tel: +27(0)31 206 2889 Fax: 0865462 482 Mobile: +27(0)83 450 3270
Email: info@phansi.com
www.phansi.com
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