By Frank Teichert, Curator, Archaeology and Human Remains, DITSONG: National Museum of Cultural History The DITSONG: National Museum of Cultural History (DNMCH) had its humble beginnings as the Staatsmuseum of the Zuid-AfrikaanscheRepubliekn(ZAR) in 1892. The State Museum was at first a

By Mariana Zdara, DITSONG: National Museum of Cultural History Die konsep Camera Obscura was reeds bekend in die vroeë Chinese beskawings. Die Chinese filosoof Mozi het reeds in 400 v.C. in sy navorsing opgeteken dat die beeld in Camera Obscura onderstebo

By Allan Sinclair, DITSONG: National Museum of Military History Figure 1: Springboks enter Chiusi, L T Burrage (Ref 1274). In the Official Second World War Art Collection, housed at the DITSONG: National Museum of Military History, is a painting entitled “Springboks Enter

By Richard Henry,  DITSONG: National Museum of Military History Figure 1: Ref:  Wikipedia – Crossley Motors  Crossley Motors -  Introduction Crossley Brothers originally started a firm manufacturing textile machines.  In 1880, they started to manufacture internal combustion engines and by 1903 they had

By David Rilley-Harris, Curator, DITSONG: National Museum of Military History (DNMMH) Figure 1: The Polish Connection display in the Brink Hall of the DNMMH. As Nazi power expanded in Europe in the 1930s every effort was made to avoid a war with

By Allan Sinclair, DITSONG: National Museum of Military History Introduction   In terms of the Defence Act of 1912, most of the volunteer regiments created prior to the formation of the Union Defence Force were absorbed into the Active Citizen Force (ACF) of

Tinyeko Captain Ndhlovu, Curator: Insignia, Memorial Plaques, Postal History, DITSONG: National Museum of Military History Introduction  Pass laws in South Africa were introduced during the colonial era (1700s) and it became more dominant during the apartheid era, until it was successfully terminated in

By Nthabiseng Mokwena, Junior Curator, DITSONG: National Museum of Cultural History In the Historical Documents and Photograph collection of the DITSONG: National Museum of Cultural History, there are a number of agricultural documents and recipes from the homes of our South

By Lauretta Mahlangu, Junior Curator, Small Mammals: DITSONG: National Museum of Natural History According to the catalogue records at the Transvaal Museum (now DITSONG: National Museum of Natural History), the first specimens were deposited to the herpetology collection in 1888. The

 By Lazarus Kgasi, Junior Curator: DITSONG: National Museum of Natural History Understanding the environments and mammal species that existed in South Africa during the Plio-Pleistocene, including primate and human lineages, requires a thorough understanding of the physical setting of deposition (cave