today of the land on which the Wildebeest Kuil engravings occur, the !Xun and Khwe see in the art a link (as do other Khoe-San descendants in the region) to a broad Khoe-San cultural inheritance in Southern Africa. Public access Plans by the McGregor Museum to develop the site for public access date back to at least the mid-1990s, and these were discussed with the !Xun and Khwe CPA after they took ownership of the farm. Funding became available in 2000 from the Department of Environmental Affairs and Tourism, through the Rock Art Research Institute. The project to establish the Wildebeest Kuil Rock Art Centre (opened December 2001 by Northern Cape Premier Manne Dipico and Cheryl Carolus) was driven by a steering committee formed in Kimberley, with representation from the Rock Art Research Institute, the McGregor Museum, community members (!Xun and Khwe and other Khoe-San organisations), and a range of further stakeholders. Out of this committee grew the Northern Cape Rock Art Trust which now manages the site. With funding support through its link with the McGregor Museum, the site employs custodians who guide visitors and school groups to the engravings and other heritage features. Nominated by the Northern Cape Rock Art Trust in 2006 as a Provincial Heritage Site, the Wildebeest Kuil rock art site was declared, on 19 September 2008, as the first new Provincial Heritage Site since the implementation, in 2000, of the National Heritage Resources Act. Other nearby rock art sites Driekops Eiland Nooitgedacht Wonderwerk Cave External links Wildebeest Kuil McGregor Museum, Kimberley Wildebeest Kuil Rock Art Centre on the Kimberley City Portal "the Sans of Time" m Robert Inglis and Nonhlanhla Vilakazi's article in the Sunday Times, 17 October 2010 References Archaeological sites in South Africa Archaeological museums in South Africa Rock art in Africa Tourist attractions in South Africa Museums in the Northern Cape Buildings and structures in Kimberley, Northern Cape Karoo Geography of the Northern Cape Archaeological sites of Southern Africa