Makers and Shapers Profile

Reverend P. Stander

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[Source - Chloe Rushovich for FHYA, 2018, using material provided by Len van Schalkwyk: Reverend P. P. Stander was the resident curate of the Dutch Reformed Mission at Dinganstadt. He was responsible for setting up a small, private museum next to the Mission Station, which he called the NG Sendingkerk Museum. The museum contained various artifacts, memorabilia, ethnographic material and bric a brac which he had personally collected during his tenure between 1949 and 1974. After his retirement, the collection remained on public view but was later reclaimed by Stander due to inadequate security and curation. On his passing his family bequeathed the collection to the Msunduzi-Voortrekker Museum.]