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The McGregor Museum in Kimberley, South Africa, originally known as the Alexander McGregor Memorial Museum, is a multidisciplinary museum which serves Kimberley and the Northern Cape, established in 1907. == Overview == Housed at first in a purpose-built museum building in Chapel Street, Kimberley, and spreading to occupy further spaces in the city, the museum was, and still is, governed by a Board of Trustees, aided financially by the Kimberley municipality (up to the 1950s), then by the Cape Provincial Administration and, today, by the Northern Cape Administration through the Department of Sport, Arts and Culture. In May 2014 it was declared a Provincial Public Entity, effective from 1 April 2014.〔Notice 394, Pravin Gordhan, Government Gazette 37653, 23 May 2014〕 Alexander McGregor had been a Mayor of Kimberley, whose wife bequeathed the building to perpetuate his memory.〔Hart, R. (ed) 2007. ''Chapters from the past: 100 years of the McGregor Museum, 1907–2007.'' Kimberley: McGregor Museum.〕 Today the museum has its headquarters at the old Kimberley Sanatorium building in Belgravia, Kimberley, and it has several satellites including the original building in Chapel Street.〔Hart, R. (ed) 2007. ''Chapters from the past: 100 years of the McGregor Museum, 1907–2007.'' Kimberley: McGregor Museum.〕 The museum was found on 24 September 1907. By coincidence 24 September was chosen as Heritage Day, a public holiday in South Africa post-1994. The McGregor Museum is a primary research institute in and for the Northern Cape (and is anticipated to have a role in articulation with the School of Heritage which is to be a part of the Sol Plaatje University〔As announced by the MEC for Sport Arts and Culture, Pauline Williams, in her Budget Speech, 2013, reported in the ''Diamond Fields Advertiser'' 24 May 2013, p 2〕) in fields of natural and cultural history (including zoology, botany, general history, South African struggle history, archaeology, social anthropology). It curates important collections and archival material (see below) and, on the basis of its collections and research activities, performs educational and outreach functions to the community locally and throughout the province. Research programmes include international collaborative projects. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「McGregor Museum」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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