News and Speeches for Museum Services
Visit a local museum this International Museum Day
17 May 2023On Thursday, 18 May, we celebrate International Museum day. This annual event is commemorated all over the world to emphasise the important role that museums play in society. Read More
Members of the public called to nominate candidates for museum governing bodies
5 February 2023Members of the public are invited to nominate candidates who could serve on the on the governing bodies of affiliated museums for a three-year term, ending 31 October 2025. Read More
Premier Alan Winde and Museum Service launch second exhibition at Leeuwenhof
29 May 2022On Saturday, 28 May 2022, Premier Alan Winde, with support from officials from the Museum Service of the Department of Cultural Affairs and Sport (DCAS), launched the second art exhibition, named Palimpsest, to be housed at Leeuwenhof. Read More
DCAS supports District Six museum with over R330 000 relief funding
23 September 2020The unprecedented actions taken to flatten the curve of the COVID-19 pandemic resulted in the complete lockdown of museums across the country since 23 March 2020 until 6 July 2020, after which they could apply to the national Minister of Sports,... Read More
DCAS relief funding enables museums to safely move forward
17 September 2020The unprecedented actions taken to flatten the curve of the COVID-19 pandemic resulted in the complete lockdown of museums across the country since 23 March 2020 until 6 July 2020, after which they could apply to the national Minister of Sports,... Read More
As sector reopens, Minister Marais visited Togryers museum to engage on readines
27 August 2020Yesterday, Minister Anroux Marais visited the Togryers Museum in Ceres, one of the many museums reopened across the province following national government’s approval of their compliance to the mandatory health protocols now to be instituted. Read More
Minister Anroux Marais to symbolically handover remains from CP Nel Museum
23 March 2020At the Department of Cultural Affairs and Sport we are committed to realising our vision of a socially inclusive Western Cape for all who call it home. Read More
Imam Abdullah Haron memorialised and celebrated in new travelling exhibition
13 September 2019The life and legacy of anti-apartheid activist Iman Abdullah Haron will be celebrated in several venues around the Western Cape, following the unveiling of the new traveling exhibition. Read More
Indigenous Medicine exhibit encourages connectedness
2 September 2019On 30 August 2019 Dr Mxolisi Dlamuka, Director of Museum Service at the Department of Cultural Affairs and Sport (DCAS), launched the Indigenous Medicine at the Cape exhibition in Green Point. Read More
Dias Museum and Mossel Bay locals celebrate International Museum Day together
22 May 2019The Read More
Media release: Make your contribution to Cape Town Museum concept
6 May 2019The Department of Cultural Affairs and Sport, through its Museum service, has appointed Place Matters to conduct the research and conceptualization process for the Cape Town Museum. Read More
West Coast museums receive welcome financial boost from DCAS
18 April 2019Museums on the Cape West Coast received a significant financial boost on Wednesday, when a cheque handover ceremony was hosted by the Read More
Minister Marais opens new exhibition at Franschhoek Museum
17 April 2019On Saturday 13 April 2019 Minister of Cultural Affairs and Sport Read More
Museums get financial boost for 2019
5 April 2019Museums from across the Cape Winelands region received a welcome financial boost from the Read More
Photo exhibit opens at house where Madiba was imprisoned
12 February 2019The house that was once home to president Nelson Mandela will for the foreseeable future serve as home to 30 of the most iconic images of his lifetime, as part of an exhibition that opened at the Drakenstein Correctional Centre on Monday, 11... Read More
Bartolomeu Dias Museum celebrates its 30th birthday
6 February 2019On Saturday, 2 February 2019, the Bartolomeu Dias Museum celebrated its 30th birthday, almost 531 years to the day after the Portuguese explorer first set foot on South African soil. Read More
New book documents Ceres earthquake experiences
6 December 2018The story of the earthquake that devastated three Western Cape towns in 1969 can now be viewed from the perspective of survivors, following the release of Ons Onthou, 29 September 1969 (We Remember, 29 September 1969) on Wednesday, 5 December 2018. Read More
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