4. Findings 4.1 National Museum, Bloemfontein, Free State Province The National Museum was established in 1877 and was declared a cultural institution. Its motto is "Curator Hereditatis "- which means it regarded itself as the custodian of our heritage. Its main task is to document, preserve, conserve, restore and make available study and promote specimens and information that relate to our natural history, cultural history and arts. In addition to the main National Museum there were several satellite Museums that worked and operated under it. These were Oliewenhuis Art Museum, Florisbad Quaternary Research Station, Freshford House Museum, First Raadsaal Museum and the Wagon Museum.