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Oliewenhuis Art Museum is housed in a Neo-Dutch style mansion, completed in 1941 and served as residence for the Governor General of the Union of South Africa. In 1985 it was converted into an art museum as a satellite of the National Museum. The Permanent Collection housed at Oliewenhuis is an outstanding collection of South African art, which includes a unique outdoor Sculpture Park and a working African Carousel, for which original sculptures were commissioned. Temporary exhibitions of South African artists are regularly exhibited in the Museum galleries as well as in the underground Reservoir gallery. Other highlights include the Blind Alphabet, an artwork created specifically for the sight impaired and the Cement and Mosaic Sculptures in the gardens.