SAPS Museum:
The History of the Police Museum in Muizenberg

During the mid-eighties plans were under way to establish a police museum in Muizenberg, Cape Town. Permission was granted that the old Muizenberg Police Station and the adjoining old magistrate’s court could be used to accommodate the museum. Captain J Schreuder was appointed to begin collecting historical articles and to equip the museum full time. These activities were performed with the full cooperation of the curator of the Police Museum in Pretoria, under whose command the new museum would fall.

The Muizenberg museum was officially opened in June 1990 and currently has a staff of three. Inspector Johannes Pietersen is the curator.

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