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

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### Eastern Cape

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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 (South African Air Force Museum (Port Elizabeth)) |
The Owl House | Eastern Cape | Nieu-Bethesda |  |  |  |  |
East London Museum | Eastern Cape | East London |  |  |  |  |

### Free State

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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

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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 Air Force Museum (Swartkop))
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 Airways Museum Society Rand Airport))
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 Museum of Military History)
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

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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

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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

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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

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Boekenhoutfontein | North West | Rustenburg |  | Historic residence | The former residence of Paul Kruger |

### Northern Cape

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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 (Fred Turner Folk and Culture Museum)
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

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CAPE HERITAGE MUSEUM, CASTLE OF GOOD HOPE | Western Cape | Cape Town |  |  |  |
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 |  |  | [18] | 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 | [19] | 33°54′17″S 18°29′35″E﻿ / ﻿33.90472°S 18.49306°E﻿ / -33.90472; 18.49306﻿ (South African Air Force Museum (Ysterplaat))
South African Naval Museum | Western Cape | Simonstown |  |  | [20] | 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 | [21] |
Stellenbosch Toy and Miniature Museum | Western Cape | Stellenbosch |  |  | [22] |
Stellenbosch Museum | Western Cape | Stellenbosch |  |  | [23] | 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 |  |  | [24] | 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 |  |  | [25] |
Zeitz Museum of Contemporary Art Africa | Western Cape | Cape Town |  |  | [26] | 33°54′30″S 18°25′23″E﻿ / ﻿33.9084°S 18.4230°E﻿ / -33.9084; 18.4230

## See also

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* South Africa portal

* List of natural history museums in South Africa
* List of museums

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