The National Museum: Tragedy and humiliation

Botswana National Museum PIC: MORERI SEJAKGOMO
Botswana National Museum PIC: MORERI SEJAKGOMO

The National Museum, originally known as the National Museum and Art Gallery, is currently celebrating its 50th anniversary even though neither it nor anybody else has reason to celebrate.

For at least four years, perhaps for longer, the Museum has been effectively closed. The effect has long been evident but few appear to have noticed and certainly few have cared.

Comments on the internet have been damagingly clear. In late 2016 the Lonely Planet commented that ‘it seems as if no importance is given to this museum. If you are short of time, you can avoid this place.’ There have been individual comments of the same unflattering kind. ‘A gentleman pointed out a sign that the building had closed in April for renovations. Since it was September, I was confused.

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