Museum for Science and Industry of South Africa

Abstract

On 26 August 1960, Dr P. J. du Toit, F.R.S., former president of the C.S.I.R., opened the Permanent Exhibition of Modern Science in Pretoria. This Exhibition, now known as the Museum for Science and Industry of South Africa, was established under the auspices of the Pretoria Centre of the South African Association for the Advancement of Science to commemorate the Union Festival of 1960.