Hector Pieterson Museum
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Combined Graph record U-01470 · provenance: canonical master store (CSV), record CTL-I-0114. Master record source: CTL seed 2026-10-16 — UNVERIFIED, verify before public citation.
The Hector Pieterson Museum was the first museum opened in Soweto, opened 16 June 2002 on Kumalo Street, Orlando West, Soweto, and named after Hector Pieterson, one of the first casualties of the 16 June 1976 uprising.
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The Hector Pieterson Museum was the first museum opened in Soweto, opened 16 June 2002 on Kumalo Street, Orlando West, Soweto, and named after Hector Pieterson, one of the first casualties of the 16 June 1976 uprising.
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The Hector Pieterson Museum was the first museum opened in Soweto, opened 16 June 2002 on Kumalo Street, Orlando West, Soweto, and named after Hector Pieterson, one of the first casualties of the 16 June 1976 uprising.
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