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National Museum of Cultural History of South Africa From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Ditsong National Museum of Cultural History is a museum that showcases the various stages and forms of culture in South Africa. It is part of the Ditsong Museums of South Africa. The museum is located in Pretoria, Gauteng, South Africa.[1]
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Location | 149 Visagie Street, Pretoria, Gauteng |
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Coordinates | 25°45′12″S 28°11′4″E |
Type | Cultural history |
Public transit access | Gautrain bus dropoff |
Website | Ditsong National Museum of Cultural History |
Ditsong Museums of South Africa network | |
The Ditsong National Museum of Cultural History is housed in the old South African Mint building.[1] The museum was amalgamated with the Pretoria-based Transvaal Museum for Natural History (now the Ditsong National Museum of Natural History and the Johannesburg-based South African National Museum of Military History on 1 April 1999 to form the Northern Flagship Institution (NFI).
In April 2010 the new name was launched, and the NFI became Ditsong Museums of South Africa. Ditsong is managed by a chief executive officer and a board, which replaced the three separate previous museum boards.
The collection of the museum includes objects such as excavated archaeological material and artworks, historical documents, archives, various current and historical audiovisuals, Stone Age, Iron Age and historic archaeology sites, historical buildings, and early domesticated animals.
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