Art Museum
Pretoria Art Museum
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Pretoria Art Museum is an art museum in Pretoria, South Africa.
About Pretoria Art Museum
The Pretoria Art Museum is an art gallery located in Arcadia, Pretoria, South Africa. The museum in Arcadia Park occupies an entire city block bounded by Park, Wessels, Schoeman and Johann Streets.
The Pretoria Art Museum was established to house the City Council of Pretoria's Art Collection, built up since the 1930s. The collection received an early windfall in 1932 when Lady Michaelis bequeathed a large number of artworks to the city council after the death of her husband, Sir Max Michaelis. The collection consisted mainly of 17th-century work of the "North Dutch school". South African works included pieces by Henk Pierneef, Pieter Wenning, Frans Oerder, Anton van Wouw and Irma Stern. The collection was originally housed in the Town Hall.
Pretoria Art Museum by the numbers
- Founded
- 1964
Plan your visit
Pretoria Art Museum
- Website
- www.pretoriaartmuseum.co.za
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