Ditsong Museums of South Africa

Ditsong Museums of South Africa

Ditsong Cultural History Museum entrance
Museum network overview
Formed	2008;17 years ago (2008)
Headquarters	70 WF Nkomo (Church) Street, Pretoria, South Africa
Museum network executives	Dr M. Mohapi, Acting Chief Executive Officer Mr N. Hlophe, Chief Financial Officer
Parent department	Department of Sports, Arts and Culture [1]
Website	https://ditsong.org.za

Ditsong Museums is an amalgamation of eight museums in the Pretoria and Johannesburg 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." ^[2]

Museums

Ditsong manages several institutions from its central headquarters in the former Native Affairs building on Church street, Pretoria.

• Ditsong National Museum of Natural History ^[3]
• Ditsong National Museum of Military History ^[3]
• Ditsong National Museum of Cultural History ^[3]
• Pionier Museum ^[3]
• Sammy Marks Museum ^[3]
• Tswaing Meteorite Crater ^[3]
• Kruger Museum ^[3]
• Willem Prinsloo Agricultural Museum ^[3]

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." ^[2]

References

1. "Ditsong Museums of South Africa: Annual Report 2021/22" (PDF).
2. "DITSONG MUSEUMS OF SOUTH AFRICA". ditsong.org.za. Archived from the original on 2015-04-19. Retrieved 2015-10-05.
3. "Ditsong Museums of South Africa". ditsong.org.za. Archived from the original on 2015-09-07. Retrieved 2015-10-05.

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