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.
History
The Ditsong National Museum of Cultural History is housed in the old
South African Mint
The South African Mint is responsible for Mint (facility), minting all coins of the South African rand on behalf of its owner, the South African Reserve Bank. Located in Centurion, Gauteng near South Africa's administrative capital Pretoria, the ...
building.
The museum was amalgamated with the Pretoria-based
Transvaal Museum
The Ditsong National Museum of Natural History, formerly the Transvaal Museum, is a natural history museum situated in Pretoria, South Africa. It is located on Paul Kruger Street, between Visagie and Minnaar Streets, opposite the Pretoria City ...
for Natural History (now the
Ditsong National Museum of Natural History) and the
Johannesburg
Johannesburg ( , , ; Zulu language, Zulu and Xhosa language, Xhosa: eGoli ) (colloquially known as Jozi, Joburg, Jo'burg or "The City of Gold") is the most populous city in South Africa. With 5,538,596 people in the City of Johannesburg alon ...
-based
South African National Museum of Military History
The South African National Museum of Military History in Johannesburg was officially opened by Prime Minister Jan Smuts on 29 August 1947 to preserve the history of South Africa's involvement in the Second World War. In 1975, the museum was rena ...
on 1 April 1999 to form the Northern Flagship Institution (NFI), and the NFI was renamed the Ditsong Museums of South Africa in April 2010. The Ditsong Museums of South Africa are managed by a chief executive officer and a board, which replaced the three separate boards of its component institutions.
Exhibits
The collection of the museum includes historical documents, excavated archaeological material and artworks and various current and historical audio-visual materials. Topics that feature in its work include
Stone Age
The Stone Age was a broad prehistory, prehistoric period during which Rock (geology), stone was widely used to make stone tools with an edge, a point, or a percussion surface. The period lasted for roughly 3.4 million years and ended b ...
,
Iron Age
The Iron Age () is the final epoch of the three historical Metal Ages, after the Chalcolithic and Bronze Age. It has also been considered as the final age of the three-age division starting with prehistory (before recorded history) and progre ...
and historic archaeology sites, historical buildings and early domesticated animals.
Gallery
File:National Cultural History Museum-025.jpg, Archaeological non-domesticated animal figurines
File:National Cultural History Museum-055.jpg, Sticks
File:National Cultural History Museum-053.jpg, Blended Vinegar bottle, book The Needlewoman Pretoria, egg box
File:National Cultural History Museum-017.jpg, Zhizo pottery from Schroda
File:National Cultural History Museum-033.jpg, San people artefacts
File:National Cultural History Museum-021.jpg, Bird figurines
File:National Cultural History Museum-067.jpg, Historical cameras
File:National Cultural History Museum-061.jpg, Anthropological artefacts: wicker basket, 20th century Basotho fertility doll, vase, drum
File:National Cultural History Museum-081.jpg, San people artefacts
File:National Cultural History Museum-107.jpg, Film projectors
File:National Cultural History Museum-112.jpg,
File:National Cultural History Museum-113.jpg, 1977 Apple II computer
References
External links
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* . Former official website 2010.
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History museums in South Africa
Archaeological museums in South Africa
Museums in Pretoria
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