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The Museum and Archives Society meet in the Bishops Exhibition Centre.

They spent time going through the exhibits.
23 Jan 2025
School News
Students in the school museum today.
Students in the school museum today.

Today Thursday 22 January 2025 the members of the Museum and Archives Society met in the Museum for a brief tour.

From Left to Right in the Photograph are: Massimiliano Hunt (Gr12,B), Jack Buckham (G12,M - former Chair), Luke Carter, (Gr12,F - Head of School, Mile Gobinca (Gr8,S), Sam Purchase (G12,W), Felix Rademaker (Gr11,M - Exchange student from Holland), Owami Mkalipi (Gr8,S), José Tomás Moreno Cardoen (G11,G - Exchange student from Chile), Alec Alfaro-McLaughlin (G11,G), and Max Marr (Gr12,S). 

Dr Murray from the museum, explained the the Exhibition centre, that it had taken eighteen months to plan. 

The firm Dijondesign and its team had spent this time preparing the copy from avaliable literature from the school and archives, which resulted in the fourteen boards depicting the school's history. 

Also present on display were the six display cabinets with inerchangeable displays from the school's historty.

There were two smart screens in the museum, one depicting the Robert Gray awardees; the other the school's history in film, slides and photographs, put together professionally by OD Michael van Ryneveld.

The Museum is open each school day 0800 - 17h00. 

Anyone is welcome to visit, please contact Paul Murray pmurray@bishops.org.za 

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