Kinshasa, May 18th, 2026 (CPA). – The Museums have been described on Monday as dynamic spaces for disseminating a country’s cultural knowledge by an inspector from the National Museum Institute of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, on the side-lines of World Museum Day celebrations, during an interview with CPA.
“In the digital age, the museums are no longer simply places of conservation, but dynamic spaces for the dissemination of knowledge. Our cultural heritage is very rich and diverse, despite the fact that our many museums in DRC face several challenges related to modernisation,” has declared Ngabu Luwonga Moza, curator and expert in ancient art. “The museums play a major role in a society like ours. They are places for the conservation and promotion of a country’s cultural identity. They protect, showcase and make our heritage accessible to all our potential audiences,” he has added.
According to this expert, the museums face several difficulties in ensuring better care of the artworks, notably a lack of funding as well as conservation issues linked to the climate and infrastructure. He has explained that the artworks on display in museums are classified according to their functions, notably utilitarian, functional and symbolic. Furthermore, Mr Luwonga has specified that, to attract younger generations, the education department is running a wide-ranging awareness campaign accompanied by a strengthened programme of planning in schools and universities, in order to encourage museum visits despite low attendance from the target audience and other visitors.
Stressing that the museum visits remain vital to their mission of conserving and protecting cultural heritage, he has indicated that they also contribute to passing on cultural values to future generations. “In particular, they enable future generations to discover little-known treasures, their links to indigenous practices, and to uncover certain customs that are in danger of disappearing,” has concluded Ngabu Luwonga.