Contact Artefacts please if you have any comments or more information regarding this record.	Menu Home Upfront Now Up Books Towns Structures People Firms Lexicon		Ditsong National Museum of Natural History Tshwane (Pretoria), Gauteng Piercy James (Patrick) EAGLE: Design Architect PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT of the TRANSVAAL COLONY: Architect HOLM JORDAAN HOLM: Architect additions c1997

Date: 1910 : c1997 Type: Museum Status: Extant Street: Paul Kruger Street   Click to view map Coordinates: 25°45'10.64" S 28°11'20.82" E

Was the Transvaal Museum designed by EAGLE under George Henry FOWKE for the Transvaal Colony PWD. (FRIBA nom papers 1925) Additions were done c1997 by Holm Jordaan Holm. New wings were added at either end of the building, north and south, and a conservancy on the eastern side. All truncated references not fully cited below are those of Joanna Walker's original text and cited in full in the 'Bibliography' entry of the Lexicon. Books and articles that reference Ditsong National Museum of Natural History Fisher, Roger & Clarke, Nicholas. 2014. Architectural Guide : South Africa. Berlin: DOM Publishers. pg 97 Gaylard, Shaun & McDougall, Brett . 2022. RSA 365 : 365 Drawings of South African Architecture. Johannesburg: Blank Ink Design. pg 116 ill Greig, Doreen. 1971. A Guide to Architecture in South Africa. Cape Town: Howard Timmins. pg 197-198 Johnson Barker, Brian, Maclay, George & Steyn, Alfie (Eds). 1987. Off the Beaten Track : Selected Day Drives in Southern Africa. Cape Town: AA The Motorist Publications (Pty). pg 76 ill Swart, Johan & Proust, Alain . 2019. Hidden Pretoria. Cape Town: Struik Lifestyle. pg 112-119