Ditsong National Museum of Cultural History, Cultural heritage museum in Pretoria CBD, South Africa
The Ditsong National Museum of Cultural History occupies a former South African Mint building and displays archaeological finds, historical documents, and artworks spanning different periods. The collection includes Stone Age artifacts, Iron Age figurines, and other objects that document human development across the region.
The museum occupies the former South African Mint building, reopened to the public on 1 March 1997. On 1 April 1999 it was amalgamated with the Transvaal Museum in Pretoria and the South African National Museum of Military History in Johannesburg to form the Northern Flagship Institution, renamed the Ditsong Museums of South Africa in April 2010 and run by a chief executive officer and a board.
The museum is also known as African Window, a name it carries alongside its Ditsong title. Its collections cover Stone Age and Iron Age archaeology, historical buildings and early domesticated animals, alongside documents, artworks and audio-visual material. The building itself is the former South African Mint, reopened as a museum on 1 March 1997.
The museum occupies the former South African Mint building in Pretoria. It has been part of the Ditsong Museums of South Africa since the April 2010 renaming of the Northern Flagship Institution, which was formed on 1 April 1999. The building reopened as a museum on 1 March 1997.
The museum occupies the former South African Mint building, which reopened as the museum on 1 March 1997. The building itself is part of the collection's setting: the institution holds historical buildings among its research topics, alongside Stone Age and Iron Age archaeology sites and early domesticated animals.
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