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| Established | 1998 (1998) |
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| Location | Cape Town, South Africa |
| Coordinates | 33°55′44″S18°24′54″E / 33.92889°S 18.41500°E /-33.92889; 18.41500 |
| Website | www |
Iziko Museums of South Africa, formerlySouthern Flagship Institution (SFI) and thenIziko Museums of Cape Town, is an organisation governing national museums in greaterCape Town, in theWestern Cape province of South Africa. As of 2024[update] there are 11 museums in the group.
In 1998, five national museums in the Western Cape (theSouth African Cultural History Museum,South African Museum,South African National Gallery, theWilliam Fehr Collection (at theCastle of Good Hope[1]), and theMichaelis Collection) were amalgamated as the Southern Flagship Institution (SFI).[2]
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 nationalDepartment of Arts and Culture, which governs the national museums of theWestern Cape.[2]Iziko is aXhosa word meaning "hearth".[3]
The duties of the Iziko Council, a body consisting of eight members which is appointed by the minister every three years, is laid out in the Cultural Institutions Act, 1998 (Act No. 119 of 1998). As of 2024[update], the chair of the 8th Iziko Council is Dennis Jabulani Sithole.[2]
The name is derived from theisiXhosa wordiziko, meaning "hearth" — "traditionally and symbolically the social centre of the home; a place associated with warmth, kinship and the spirit of the ancestors".[1]
The 11 museums are:
The Maritime Centre was located in the decommissioned World War II vesselSASSomerset at theV&A Waterfront, but in April 2024 the decision was made to scrap the ship, after it had fallen into disrepair.[4]
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