Cash-strapped Supa Ngwao Museum closes

Supa Ngwao Museum. PIC: CHRISTINAH MOTLHABANE
Supa Ngwao Museum. PIC: CHRISTINAH MOTLHABANE

FRANCISTOWN: Supa Ngwao Museum shut down end of September last year due to lack of financial support. Supa Ngwao Museum played a crucial role in preserving the riches of Francistown history for over two decades.

The museum started operating in 1992 as one of the historic buildings, which used to be a holding cell for prisoners in the past.

In addition, Supa Ngwao Museum has been proving to be one of the few places whose core business was not to collect remnants of the past but also preserving culture for the next generations. In an interview with the director of Supa Ngwao Museum, Stella Rundle, she confirmed that the museum was closed as it was facing financial woes.

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