Museum cries of limited storage

The chief curator ethnology, Winani Kgwatalala, said this during the viewing of exhibits and collection at the National Museum last week. She was updating the director of the Ambassador’s fund for Cultural Preservation, Martin Perschler and the US ambassador to Botswana, Earl Miller. During the tour, Kgwatalala said some of the exhibits like leather products have to be stored in cool conditions. She said the leather objects have been vulnerable to mould and they had to be treated. Kgwatalala said when the objects are taken out for exhibition they have to be vacuumed first.

“Limitation of funds has prevented us from expanding the storage of our exhibits; even our leather products don’t have proper storage because they are affected by the mould. We also have wood artifacts and they are crowded in one place,” she said.