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In July 2001, the SFI was officially renamed Iziko Museums of Cape Town, and in September 2012, renamed Iziko Museums of South Africa. Iziko Museums of South Africa (known as Iziko) is an agency of the national Department of Arts and Culture, which governs the national museums of the Western Cape. [2] Iziko is a Xhosa word meaning "hearth". [3]
The 17th century Governor of the Cape Colony, Zacharias Wagenaer, was very concerned about providing regular drinking water to inhabitants and visiting ship crews alike. He ordered a rectangular masonry dam, known as the New Bowl (or also Wagener's Tank ), to be built between the Fort and the ocean.
Los Angeles Fire Department Museum and Memorial: Various: Firefighting: Old Fire Station 27 is located on Cahuenga Boulevard in Hollywood, history of the department, antique equipment and fire engines; Old Fire Station 36 is located in San Pedro, also called the Harbor Museum Los Angeles Live Steamers Railroad Museum: Griffith Park: Railroad
Map of Cape Town in 1750 By 1754, the population of the settlement on the Cape had reached 5,510 Europeans and 6,729 slaves. But by 1780, France and Great Britain went to war against each other.
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Greenmarket Square is a historical square in the centre of old Cape Town, South Africa.The square was built in 1696, when a burgher watch house was erected. Many historic buildings surround the square, including the Old Town House, which now houses the Michaelis Collection of art.
Long Beach Firefighter's Museum Long Beach: Los Angeles Harbor Region: Firefighting: website: Long Beach Museum of Art: Long Beach: Los Angeles Harbor Region: Art: American decorative arts objects, early 20th-century European art, California Modernism and contemporary art of California Lopez Adobe: San Fernando: San Fernando Valley: Historic house
The South African Jewish Museum is a museum of South African Jewish life, history and identity. The museum is situated in the downtown neighbourhood of Gardens in Cape Town . It is located in the grounds of Gardens Shul , and is in the same complex as the Cape Town Holocaust & Genocide Centre and the Gardens Jewish Community Centre (which ...