The building was declared a National Monument in 1975. In 1985 the building became the property of the Voortrekker Museum and since October 1995 had been used as such. The main focus of the Museum was the history of settlement during the nineteen century which includes the Voortrekkers, English Settlers, Zulus, Coloureds and Indians. The Museum attained a clean audit for the 2010/2011 financial year.