Museums
Museums of South Africa
117 museums with a page of their own, best known first: what they show, their famous works and how many people visit.
Art museum15museums
History museum10museums
Military museum5museums
Historic house museum5museums
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1Melrose House
Pretoria, Gauteng
Historic house museum · 1886
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4Reinet House
Graaff-Reinet, Eastern Cape
10Bellville’s Historical Clay and Stone Quarry and the Adjacent Jail
Kuils River, Western Cape
1930
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14Chavonnes Battery
Cape Town, Western Cape
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15District Six Museum
Cape Town, Western Cape
1994
17Ditsong National Museum of Natural History
Pretoria, Gauteng
1892
23Government House, Orange Free State
Bloemfontein, Free State
1989
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25Hector Pieterson Museum
Soweto, Gauteng
History museum · 2002
33Johannesburg Holocaust and Genocide Centre
Johannesburg, Gauteng
Holocaust museum · 2019
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34Letaba Elephant Hall
South Africa
38National Afrikaans Literary Museum and Research Centre
Bloemfontein, Free State
1973
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39National Museum, Bloemfontein
Bloemfontein, Free State
Art museum · 1877
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40Oom Samie se Winkel
Stellenbosch, Western Cape
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43Red Location Museum
Gqeberha, Eastern Cape
History museum · 2006
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45Sandstone Estates
Ficksburg, Free State
Railway museum
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48South African Air Force Museum
Centurion, Gauteng
Aviation museum · 1973
49South African Airways Museum Society
Germiston, Gauteng
Aviation museum · 1986
50South African National Gallery
Cape Town, Western Cape
Art museum · 1930
51South African National Museum of Military History
Johannesburg, Gauteng
Military museum · 1947
56Zeitz Museum of Contemporary Art Africa
Cape Town, Western Cape
Art museum · 2017
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59Amazwi South African Museum of Literature
Makhanda, Eastern Cape
1972
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60Anglo-Boer War Museum
Bloemfontein, Free State
Military museum · 1931
Kinds
What the museums show
| Kind | Museums with a page |
|---|---|
| Art museum | 15 |
| History museum | 10 |
| Military museum | 5 |
| Historic house museum | 5 |
| Maritime museum | 3 |
| Aviation museum | 2 |
| Heritage railway | 2 |
| Railway museum | 2 |
| Automobile museum | 1 |
| Science museum | 1 |
| Holocaust museum | 1 |
| Naval museum | 1 |
| Transport museum | 1 |
| Agricultural museum | 1 |