Ceres Transport Riders' Museum

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Ceres Transport Riders’ Museum
Ceres Togryers Museum
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The Museum
Ceres Transport Riders' Museum
Established7 November 1978
Location8 Oranje Street, Ceres, Western Cape, South Africa
Coordinates 33°22′6.08″S19°18′37.42″E / 33.3683556°S 19.3103944°E / -33.3683556; 19.3103944
TypeTransport and Local History Museum
CuratorBertdene Laubscher (Museum Manager)
OwnerBoard of Trustees
Nearest car parkOranje Street
Website www.ceresmuseum.co.za

The Ceres Transport Riders' Museum, more commonly known by its Afrikaans name Ceres Togryers Museum, was started during the 1970s by members of the community of Ceres, South Africa who were interested in preserving the heritage of the town. It was proclaimed a local museum on 7 November 1978 and established as a province-aided museum with effect from 1 April 1987. [1] The Board of Trustees is the governing body of the museum with powers vested in it by the Government of the Western Cape Province under the terms of the Cape Museum Ordinance [2] and is responsible for the institution, its policies, its operational continuity and well-being, and the assets which it holds in trust for the people of Ceres, to whom it is ultimately accountable. The building in which the museum is housed was built as a flour mill during the early 1930s. [3] The structure of the building was changed somewhat to accommodate the design by well-known Cape Town heritage architect Gawie Fagan. [4]

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The Museum

The name "Togryers Museum" or Transport Riders’ Museum originated from the huge influence that the transport riders had on the development of Ceres. The completion of Michell's Pass in 1848 [5] made the town accessible to wagons, and one of the main routes to the diamond fields in Kimberley went through Ceres.

Themes

The museum houses the following exhibitions:

Other activities and services

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References

  1. ↑ Cape Museums Ordinance, Ordinance 8 of 1975
  2. ↑ Provincial Government Notice 74, Cape Provincial Gazette No 74, 10 September 1986
  3. ↑ Ceres van Gister en Eergister deur Francois Bothma, First edition 1997, Pretoria: Unisa Uitgewers.
  4. ↑ Architectural Drawing: : Herstelwerk, Verandering, Byvoegings en Riolering, Architect: Gabrial Fagan, 1979/11/22 Drawing no. 77-3/WT1, Ceres: Togryers Museum archive
  5. ↑ Andrew Geddes Bain
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