List of museums in South Africa

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This list of museums in South Africa is a list of museums, defined for this context as institutions (including nonprofit organisations, government entities, and private businesses) that collect and care for objects of cultural, artistic, scientific, or historical interest and make their collections or related exhibits available for public viewing. Museums that exist only in cyberspace (i.e., virtual museums) are not included.

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Museums edit

Eastern Cape edit

Name	Province	Location	Type	Notes	Coordinates	SAHRIS Site Reference
Albany Museum	Eastern Cape	Grahamstown
Amathole Museum	Eastern Cape	King William's Town
Fort Beaufort Museum	Eastern Cape	Fort Beaufort
National English Literary Museum	Eastern Cape	Grahamstown	Literature			9/2/003/0016
Observatory Museum	Eastern Cape	Grahamstown				9/2/003/0045
Red Location Museum	Eastern Cape	Port Elizabeth	Apartheid
Schreiner House Museum	Eastern Cape	Cradock	Literature		32°10′24.53″S 25°37′04.32″E / 32.1734806°S 25.6178667°E / -32.1734806; 25.6178667
South African Air Force Museum	Eastern Cape	Port Elizabeth	Military Aviation	[1]	33°59′23″S 25°37′04″E / 33.98972°S 25.61778°E / -33.98972; 25.61778
The Owl House	Eastern Cape	Nieu-Bethesda
East London Museum	Eastern Cape	East London

Free State edit

Name	Province	Location	Type	Notes	Coordinates
Anglo-Boer War Museum	Free State	Bloemfontein	Military	[2]	29°14′06″S 26°21′24″E / 29.23500°S 26.35667°E / -29.23500; 26.35667 (Anglo-Boer War Museum)
National Museum, Bloemfontein	Free State	Bloemfontein	Natural History, Cultural History, Art	[3]	29°06′54″S 26°13′08″E / 29.11500°S 26.21889°E / -29.11500; 26.21889 (National Museum Bloemfontein)
South African Armour Museum	Free State	Bloemfontein	Military
Parys Museum, Parys	Free State	Parys	Natural History, Cultural, Religious	[4]

Gauteng edit

Name	Province	Location	Type	Notes	Coordinates
African Window	Gauteng	Pretoria	Cultural History
Zonderwater Italian military cemetery	Gauteng	Cullinan	Military History	Italian World War II cemetery and memorial located in the former Zonderwater POW camp.
Hechter Schulz Museum and Study Centre	Gauteng	Boksburg	Ethnographic
Apartheid Museum	Gauteng	Johannesburg	Apartheid	[5]	26°14′15″S 28°00′33″E / 26.23750°S 28.00917°E / -26.23750; 28.00917 (Apartheid Museum)
Eksteen Transport Museum	Gauteng	Pretoria	Transport
Freedom Park	Gauteng	Pretoria	Cultural		25°46′00″S 28°11′22″E / 25.76667°S 28.18944°E / -25.76667; 28.18944 (Freedom Park)
Geological Survey Museum (South Africa)	Gauteng	Pretoria	Geological
Hector Pieterson Museum	Gauteng	Johannesburg	Apartheid	The events leading up to the Soweto uprising	26°14′05″S 27°54′32″E / 26.23472°S 27.90889°E / -26.23472; 27.90889 (Hector Pieterson Museum)
Fietas Museum	Gauteng	Johannesburg
James Hall Transport Museum	Gauteng	Johannesburg	Transport Museum	[6]	26°14′03″S 28°03′12″E / 26.23417°S 28.05333°E / -26.23417; 28.05333 (James Hall Transport Museum)
Johannesburg Art Gallery	Gauteng	Johannesburg
Johannesburg Holocaust & Genocide Centre	Gauteng	Johannesburg	Memory. Education. Lessons for Humanity.	[7]
Kruger House	Gauteng	Pretoria	Historic house	The house used by President Paul Kruger of the South African Republic [8]	25°44′47″S 28°10′53″E / 25.74639°S 28.18139°E / -25.74639; 28.18139 (Kruger House)
Lindfield Victorian House Museum	Gauteng	Johannesburg	Living Victorian House Museum	[9]	26°11′06.71″S 28°00′29.47″E / 26.1851972°S 28.0081861°E / -26.1851972; 28.0081861 (Lindfield House)
Mapungubwe Museum	Gauteng	Pretoria	Archaeological
Melrose House	Gauteng	Pretoria	Military, Residential	Preserved Georgian mansion in which the Treaty of Vereeniging was signed
MuseuMAfricA	Gauteng	Newtown, Johannesburg
National Cultural History Museum (South Africa)	Gauteng	Pretoria			25°45′12″S 28°11′04″E / 25.75333°S 28.18444°E / -25.75333; 28.18444 (National Cultural History Museum)
Nelson Mandela National Museum	Gauteng	Johannesburg	Historic house		26°14′18″S 27°54′31″E / 26.23833°S 27.90861°E / -26.23833; 27.90861 (Nelson Mandela National Museum)
No Show Museum	Gauteng	Johannesburg	Art of nothing
Peacemakers Museum	Gauteng	Johannesburg
Pretoria Art Museum	Gauteng	Pretoria	Art		25°44′49″S 28°12′47″E / 25.747°S 28.213°E / -25.747; 28.213 (Pretoria Art Museum)
Fort Klapperkop Military Museum	Gauteng	Pretoria	Military		25°46′49″S 28°12′37″E / 25.78028°S 28.21028°E / -25.78028; 28.21028 (Fort Klapperkop) 25°46′37″S 28°11′05″E / 25.77694°S 28.18472°E / -25.77694; 28.18472 (Fort Skanskop)
SAB World of Beer	Gauteng	Johannesburg	Beer
Sammy Marks House	Gauteng	Pretoria	Historic house	Preserved Victorian mansion belonging to Jewish entrepreneur Sammy Marks
South African Air Force Museum	Gauteng	Pretoria	Military Aviation	[10]	25°48′12″S 28°09′44″E / 25.80333°S 28.16222°E / -25.80333; 28.16222
South African Airways Museum Society	Gauteng	Rand Airport, Germiston	Civil Aviation	[11]	26°14′30″S 28°9′33″E / 26.24167°S 28.15917°E / -26.24167; 28.15917
South African National Museum of Military History	Gauteng	Johannesburg	Military		26°09′49″S 28°02′29″E / 26.16361°S 28.04139°E / -26.16361; 28.04139
South African National Railway And Steam Museum	Gauteng	Krugersdorp	Transport
South African Police Service Museum	Gauteng	Pretoria	Law Enforcement	[12]
Willem Prinsloo Agricultural Museum	Gauteng	Pretoria	Agriculture
Transvaal Museum	Gauteng	Pretoria	Natural History	[13]	25°45′11″S 28°11′21″E / 25.75306°S 28.18917°E / -25.75306; 28.18917 (Transvaal Museum)
Van Tilburg Collection	Gauteng	Pretoria	Arts	[14]
Van Wouw Museum	Gauteng	Pretoria	Sculpture	[15]
Voortrekker Monument	Gauteng	Pretoria	Cultural	Monument to the early pioneers of the South African Interior	25°46′35″S 28°10′33″E / 25.77639°S 28.17583°E / -25.77639; 28.17583 (Voortrekker Monument)

KwaZulu-Natal edit

Name	Province	Location	Notes	Coordinates
Fort Amiel Museum	KwaZulu-Natal	Newcastle		27°44′47″S 29°55′17″E / 27.74639°S 29.92139°E / -27.74639; 29.92139 (Fort Amiel Museum)
Himeville Museum	KwaZulu-Natal	Himeville
Margate Art Museum	KwaZulu-Natal	Margate
KwaZulu-Natal Museum	KwaZulu-Natal	Pietermaritzburg	[16]
Voortrekker Museum	KwaZulu-Natal	Pietermaritzburg	[17]
The Old Prison Museum	KwaZulu-Natal	Pietermaritzburg

Limpopo edit

Name	Province	Location	Type	Notes
Eersteling Monuments	Limpopo	Polokwane	Industrial	The site of the country's first gold crushing site and its first gold power plant are marked by monuments
The Irish House	Limpopo	Polokwane	Residential	Historic building which functions as a museum.
Bakone Malapa Northern Sotho Open-Air Museum	Limpopo	Polokwane	Cultural, "living"	Depicts the traditional and modern-day lifestyle of the Bakone people.
Mapungubwe Hill	Limpopo	Musina	Archaeological	The ancient kingdom of Mapungubwe gave rise to Great Zimbabwe

Mpumalanga edit

Name	Province	Location	Type	Notes
Samora Machel Monument	Mpumalanga	Mbuzini	Accident memorial	The site where Mozambican President Samora Machel lost his life in an aeroplane accident.
Barberton Museum	Mpumalanga	Barberton	Local history, geology, archaeology, cultural	Museum focussing on the Barberton district and Swazi cultural group
Krugerhof Museum	Mpumalanga	Waterval-Boven	Second Boer War	Museum housed in an old farm house used by the Transvaal Government in exile
Pilgrim's Rest	Mpumalanga	Pilgrim's Rest	Cultural	The entire gold-rush town of Pilgrim's Rest has been preserved as a living museum

North West edit

Name	Province	Location	Image	Type	Notes	Coordinates
Boekenhoutfontein	North West	Rustenburg		Historic residence	The former residence of Paul Kruger

Northern Cape edit

Name	Province	Location	Coordinates
Duggan-Cronin Gallery	Northern Cape	Kimberley
Fred Turner Folk and Culture Museum	Northern Cape	Loeriesfontein	30°57′08″S 19°26′49″E / 30.95222°S 19.44694°E / -30.95222; 19.44694
Old Parsonage Museum	Northern Cape	Fraserburg
McGregor Museum	Northern Cape	Kimberley
Sol Plaatje Museum	Northern Cape	Kimberley
Windmill Museum	Northern Cape	Loeriesfontein	30°57′06″S 19°26′49″E / 30.95167°S 19.44694°E / -30.95167; 19.44694 (Windmill Museum)
Sonskip Living Museum (an earthship)	Northern Cape	Orania	29°49′00″S 24°24′41″E / 29.81667°S 24.41139°E / -29.81667; 24.41139 (Sonskip / Aardskip)

Western Cape edit

Name	Province	Location	Type	Notes	Coordinates
18 Gangster Museum	Western Cape	Cape Town		[18]	34°02′56″S 18°41′26″E / 34.04901°S 18.6906241°E / -34.04901; 18.6906241
Bartolomeu Dias Museum Complex	Western Cape	Mossel Bay
Bredasdorp Shipwreck Museum	Western Cape	Bredasdorp
Cape Education Museum	Western Cape	Wynberg, Cape Town	Education		34°00′05″S 18°27′59″E / 34.001414°S 18.466457°E / -34.001414; 18.466457
Cape Medical Museum	Western Cape	Cape Town
District Six Museum	Western Cape	Cape Town			33°55′40″S 18°25′25″E / 33.927723°S 18.4236726°E / -33.927723; 18.4236726 (District Six Museum)
Koopmans-de Wet House	Western Cape	Cape Town			33°55′15″S 18°25′17″E / 33.920941°S 18.421291°E / -33.920941; 18.421291
Groot Constantia Manor House	Western Cape	Cape Town
Ceres Transport Riders' Museum	Western Cape	Ceres
CP Nel Museum	Western Cape	Oudtshoorn
Franschhoek Motor Museum	Western Cape	Franschhoek			33°31′31″S 18°35′29″E / 33.5253°S 18.5913°E / -33.5253; 18.5913
George Museum	Western Cape	George
Heart of Cape Town Museum	Western Cape	Cape Town			33°56′28″S 18°27′47″E / 33.94111°S 18.46306°E / -33.94111; 18.46306 (Heart of Cape Town Museum)
Hout Bay Museum	Western Cape	Hout Bay
Huguenot Monument Memorial Museum	Western Cape	Paarl			33°54′50″S 19°07′27″E / 33.91389°S 19.12417°E / -33.91389; 19.12417 (Huguenot Monument Memorial Museum)
Iziko South African Museum	Western Cape	Cape Town	Museum
Iziko South African National Gallery	Western Cape	Cape Town	Art
Montagu Museum	Western Cape	Montagu
Old Harbour Museum	Western Cape	Hermanus
Outeniqua Transport Museum	Western Cape	George
Robben Island Museum	Western Cape	Cape Town		[19]	33°48′01″S 18°22′19″E / 33.80028°S 18.37194°E / -33.80028; 18.37194 (Robben Island Museum)
South African Sendinggestig Museum	Western Cape	Cape Town	Historic house
Slave Lodge	Western Cape	Cape Town	Museum
Simon's Town Museum	Western Cape	Simon's Town	Museum
South African Air Force Museum	Western Cape	Cape Town	Military Aviation	[20]	33°54′17″S 18°29′35″E / 33.90472°S 18.49306°E / -33.90472; 18.49306
South African Naval Museum	Western Cape	Simonstown		[21]	34°11′35″S 18°25′59″E / 34.19306°S 18.43306°E / -34.19306; 18.43306 (South African Naval Museum)
Waterworks Museum	Western Cape	Cape Town
The Warrior Toy Museum	Western Cape	Simonstown	Toy	[22]
Stellenbosch Toy and Miniature Museum	Western Cape	Stellenbosch		[23]
Stellenbosch Museum	Western Cape	Stellenbosch		[24]	33°56′15″S 18°51′46″E / 33.9374°S 18.8629°E / -33.9374; 18.8629 (Stellenbosch Museum)
Chavonnes Battery Museum	Western Cape	Cape Town		[25]	33°54′26″S 18°25′17″E / 33.90722°S 18.42139°E / -33.90722; 18.42139 (Chavonnes Battery Museum)
Drostdy Museum	Western Cape	Swellendam		[26]
Zeitz Museum of Contemporary Art Africa	Western Cape	Cape Town		[27]	33°54′30″S 18°25′23″E / 33.9084°S 18.4230°E / -33.9084; 18.4230