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Ditsong Museums of South Africa

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Established
  
2008

Founded
  
2008

Website
  
www.ditsong.org.za

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Location
  
Pretoria and Johannesburg,  South Africa

Type
  
Military museum, Cultural museum, Archaeology museum, Anthropology museum, Natural history museum

Ditsong Museums is an amalgamation of eight museums in the Johannesburg and Pretoria environs in the Gauteng Province. The museums "have diverse collections covering the fields of fauna and flora, palaeontology, military history, cultural history, geology, anthropology and archaeology."

Contents

Museums

  • Ditsong National Museum of Natural History
  • Ditsong National Museum of Military History
  • Ditsong National Museum of Cultural History
  • Pioneer Museum
  • Sammy Marks Museum
  • Tswaing Meteorite Crater
  • Kruger Museum
  • Willem Prinsloo Agricultural Museum

    • Mandate

    According to the website the "mandate of the organisation is as follows:

  • Collection, conservation and safe management of national heritage collections on behalf of the South African nation.
  • Carry out research and publish such information for the cultural, social and economic use locally and internationally.
  • Design, implement and manage exhibitions and public programmes with a view to supporting the national educational curriculum, economic development and other socio-economic objectives of the Government.
  • Render heritage-based service to other museums (national, provincial, local and private) as well as to individuals and tertiary institutions."

    • References

    Ditsong Museums of South Africa Wikipedia
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