Local museums face extinction

NATIONAL Gallery of Zimbabwe (NGZ) deputy director and chief curator, Raphael Chikukwa has said museums in the country risk collapse due to a raft of factors, including poor management and lack of funding.

Chikukwa, who was speaking at a discussion on the future of African museums during the International Museums Day on Friday last week, said museums were likely to go the way of cinemas, which are now almost defunct.

“I am very concerned about the future of museums in Zimbabwe.

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