{"product_id":"south-africa-gauteng-origins-centre-wits-university","title":"Origins Centre, Wits University","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe Origins Centre at Wits University takes you through human evolution in Africa, from early stone tools to contemporary artistic interpretations of heritage. The permanent exhibitions begin with 2.6-million-year-old artifacts and replica hominin skulls, then move into San rock art traditions — their painting technologies, trance dances, and the eland’s spiritual significance. A rock engraving archive can be explored through augmented reality with a downloadable app.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eContemporary artists respond to these themes across installations: Walter Oltman’s World Map, Willem Boshoff’s Signs of People, and Deborah Glencross’s One Being. Outside, indigenous gardens grow edible and medicinal plants once used by southern African ritual specialists.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe museum also hosts temporary exhibitions like UbuGqi beThongo, Mzwanele Tshishonga’s ceramic and photographic exploration of ancestral knowledge, or Atlas of Uncertainty, a collaborative project remapping African urban spaces. Research initiatives like the MAEASaM project work with eight African countries to document endangered archaeological sites via satellite imagery.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eYou enter off Enoch Sontonga Avenue in Braamfontein, where the university’s sandstone buildings frame the modern museum space.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"South Africa","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51932469919964,"sku":null,"price":0.0,"currency_code":"ZAR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0829\/8256\/8156\/files\/origins-centre-wits-university-museum-braamfontein-johannesburg-south-africa-01.webp?v=1783203549","url":"https:\/\/murmurgo.com\/products\/south-africa-gauteng-origins-centre-wits-university","provider":"Murmurgo","version":"1.0","type":"link"}