Second Hand Book Sale, Sep 2-3 2011 @ National Museum

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“Crayziee about books”?
Kenya Museum Society is pleased to invite you to the annual second hand book sale  this Friday 2nd Sept to Sat 3rd Sept.
The sale will commence from 10.00am – 4.00pm on both days!
Come with your friends and get a great collection of books, magazines and cassettes from as low as Ksh 50.
This is a great chance to revamp your library!!

For more information, call 0724 -255 299 or email info@kenyamuseumsociety.org

Lecture: Archaeology & intensive agriculture in Pokot, Sept. 8 2011 @ National Museum

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Date: Thursday, 8 September 2011
Venue: The National Museums of Kenya (NMK), Palaeontology Section Room A4
Location: Museum Hill Road
Time:11.00am -12.00pm
If you wish to attend, please register with marymuungu@gmail.com

Speaker: Dr Matt Davies, Fellow at the BIEA & McDonald Institute, University of Cambridge

Synopsis
Dr Matthew Davies, will talk about his archaeological and ethnohistorical research into intensive farming in the Pokot region of North West Kenya. To date his work has established a changing pattern of land use and settlement spanning the last 500 years and involving a shift from lithic using rockshelter inhabitants with only domestic sheep goat to more specialised forms of food production including the establishment of specialised cattle pastoralism and intensive irrigation agriculture.
Particular attention will be paid to the development of an extensive network of pre-colonial irrigation channels and the implications of this research to Kalenjin history.

Lecture: Evolution in an Era of Dramatic Climate Change, Aug 31 2011 @ National Museum

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Wednesday, 31 August 2011

Lecture: The Challenges of Becoming Human: Evolution in an Era of Dramatic Climate Change – by Dr. Rick Potts

Based on 25 years of research at Olorgesailie Kenya, Dr. Potts will illustrate the evidence of extinctions and the emergence of adaptations over the past 6 million years of human evolution, one of the most dramatic eras of environmental change in Earth’s history.

Dr. Potts is a Research Associate at National Museums of Kenya & he directs the Human Origins Programs at the Smithsonian Institution, USA.

Refreshments 6:15 pm
Doors open 7:00 pm
Nairobi National Museum, Louis Leakey Auditorium

Donation: Non members Ksh 500, Members Ksh 400, Students Ksh 200
FREE for all NMK staff, please bring your staff badge along
Proceeds to fund the development of exhibitions and Prehistory Club at NMK
KMS Offices: 0724 255299 or 2339158

info@kenyamuseumsociety.org
www.kenyamuseumsociety.org
www.prehistoryclubkenya.org

Classical Evening’s Club, Aug. 11 2011 @ National Museum

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This Thursday 11th August 2011, at the National Museum of Kenya, Louis Leakey Auditorium. The Art of Music (Classical Evenings club) will be hosting Kenya Vocal Teachers Association (KEVTA) in conjunction with Wynton House of Music for an evening of spiritual music.
Kenya Vocal Teachers Association is a group of teachers whose main aim is to train, educate and uplift the standards of vocal music in Kenya. KEVTA plays an important role in “educating the voice teacher of tomorrow” and in breaking down barriers between voice teachers and those in related disciplines by encouraging a free exchange of ideas about the principles of good singing and the practices of sound vocal pedagogy.

Time: Thursday, August 11 · 7:00pm – 9:00pm
Location: Louis Leakey Auditorium, National Museum

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