A museum in Africa for the people of the world. Located at Wits University, Johannesburg, South Africa. Origins of art, San rock art, contemporary art and more.
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PUBLIC LECTURE by Professor Peter Mitchell (Oxford University)
Remembering Eeyore: Archaeological perspectives on the donkey in human history
Thursday 9 April | 19:00 (Arch Soc AGM at 6:30)
Origins Centre, @WitsUniversity – at Diepkloof, South Africa
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What if African cities aren't behind the curve, but ahead of it?
Opening at the Origins Centre at Wits University on 18 April, the Atlas of Uncertainty is a collaborative, interdisciplinary knowledge project that challenges how we understand and interpret migration in Africa.
This project reframes uncertainty, not as a problem to be solved, but as a condition to be understood. It argues that migrants help shape urban life, not burden it and that Africa may offer the clearest map of future cities.
Public opening: 18 April
RSVP: [email protected]
📍 Venue: Origins Centre, Wits University
🔗 More Info: atlasofuncertainty.com
Image credits:
1. Loren Landau
3. “When We Travel, Where Do We Settle” by Wezile Harmans. Photo: Lehlohonolo Ndlovu
Graphics: Fred Swart
#AtlasOfUncertainty #WitsForGood
Prof Pippa Skotnes and Prof Isabel Hofmeyr in conversation
'Double Vision: the anteater and the signs of all times'
Saturday 28 March | 11:00
Origins Centre, @WitsUniversity
Tickets at the door – at Diepkloof, South Africa
You are invited to the official opening of 'Facing the Heat in South Africa' photography exhibition and book launch, by Prof Vishwas Satgar
Saturday 14 March 2026 | 13:30 for 14:00
@OriginsCentre
@WitsUniversity
RSVP to [email protected]
#climatechange – at Johannesburg, South Africa
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A special screening. One night only.
Join us at the Wits Origins Centre this Thuraday at 18h00 for a special screening of the SAFTA nominated film, Language of My Soul.
Now streaming on Amazon Prime Video in Europe and North America, the film comes to Johannesburg for this special screening.
🎟 Book your tickets:
webtickets.co.za/performance…
@ActionLanguages @OriginsCentre @bonglez @stoanito
Echoes of the Machine – A Cybernetic Song
- By Renzo Filinich Orozco
Exhibition Opening:
Thursday 19 February at 17:30
Origins Centre
@WitsUniversity
#wits #originscentre #scicomm – at Johannesburg, South Africa
WELCOME WITSIES!! 😁🎊
We welcome all Wits students to come and explore #OriginsCentre.
Students get the full Origins experience for just R20!
Monday-Saturday, 19 Jan - 28 Feb 2026.
Bring your student card to claim your discounted entry.
#WitsUniversity – at Johannesburg, South Africa
Bring the whole family for an immersive museum and art gallery experience. As well as the permanent displays, we currently have four not-to-miss temporary exhibitions that you can enjoy during your museum visit.
Mon-Fri 09:00-17:00;
Sat and public holidays 09:00-16:00 – at Johannesburg, South Africa
Join Icelandic artist, Erla S. Haraldsdóttir, for a walkabout of her exhibition
IMAGINE VISIONARY ANIMALS
Saturday 1 November at 10:00
At Origins Centre
@WitsUniversity
Entrance is free – at Johannesburg, South Africa
Opening of a BIENALSUR exhibition:
Our Wandering Continents
By Marcela Cabutti (Argentina)
Thursday 30 October at 18:00
Origins Centre, @WitsUniversity Johannesburg, South Africa – at Johannesburg, South Africa
Visit Origins Centre 20-26 Oct to witness Tibetan Buddhist monks create a sand mandala, an artform representing healing & peace.
Within Origins, the experience brings together a colourful blend of cultures, spiritualities and healing.
#Tibet #sandmandala #Peace
@WitsUniversity – at Johannesburg, South Africa
BOOK LAUNCH
‘The untold History and Prehistory of African Indigenous Palaeontology’ by Julien Benoit, Cameron Penn-Clarke, Charles Helm & illustrated by Sophie Vrard
14 October | 11:00
@OriginsCentre @WitsUniversity
Spaces are limited
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⚡The Fak’ugesi 2025 Programme⚡
From 7–12 October, Braamfontein surges with Africa’s premier digital arts festival - a high-voltage explosion of visual art, animation, gaming, XR, digital music and culture!
Tickets on sale now: fakugesi.co.za
#Fakugesi2025 #PowerSurge
'The Neuroscience of sleep’
MENTAL WELLNESS SESSION with Dr Kirti Ranchod
11 October | 11:00
@OriginsCentre
Join Dr Ranchod, neurologist and brain health specialist, in this session that will give answers to questions on how to sleep better and why it matters for learning
We're super excited to be a part of Fak'ugesi this year!!
⚡ Fak’ugesi Festival 2025: Power Surge ⚡
JHB, 7–12 Oct 2025 Africa’s digital creativity festival is back! Four days of visual art, animation, gaming, XR, digital music and culture.
🎟 Tickets from R40–R495. Day 5 is FREE!
fakugesi.co.za
Join the Wits Science Faculty for the 6th 2025 Science Friday Lecture
Friday 26 September at 13:20
'James Bond in a nut shell. Making carbon–carbon, carbon–oxygen and carbon–nitrogen bonds'
by Prof. Charles de Koning
@WitsUniversity @OriginsCentre #witsscience
BOOK LAUNCH: ‘Trance and Transfiguration in Rock Art and Literature’ by Richard Alan Northover
Wednesday 24 September 2025 | 10:00-11:30
At Origins Centre, Wits University
RSVP: forms.office.com/r/HcnyeWdeM…
This is a free event
Bring ID to get onto Wits
#heritageday
