List of museums in South Africa

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

Eastern Cape

Name	Province	Location	Image	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
South African Air Force Museum	Eastern Cape	Port Elizabeth		Military Aviation	[1]	33°59′23″S 25°37′04″E
The Owl House	Eastern Cape	Nieu-Bethesda
East London Museum	Eastern Cape	East London

Free State

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

Gauteng

Name	Province	Location	Image	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
Eksteen Transport Museum	Gauteng	Pretoria		Transport
Freedom Park	Gauteng	Pretoria		Cultural		25°46′00″S 28°11′22″E
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
Fietas Museum	Gauteng	Johannesburg
James Hall Transport Museum	Gauteng	Johannesburg		Transport Museum	[6]	26°14′03″S 28°03′12″E
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
Lindfield Victorian House Museum	Gauteng	Johannesburg		Living Victorian House Museum	[9]	26°11′06.71″S 28°00′29.47″E
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
Nelson Mandela National Museum	Gauteng	Johannesburg		Historic house		26°14′18″S 27°54′31″E
No Show Museum	Gauteng	Johannesburg		Art of nothing
Peacemakers Museum	Gauteng	Johannesburg
Pretoria Art Museum	Gauteng	Pretoria		Art		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°46′37″S 28°11′05″E
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
South African Airways Museum Society	Gauteng	Rand Airport, Germiston		Civil Aviation	[11]	26°14′30″S 28°9′33″E
South African National Museum of Military History	Gauteng	Johannesburg		Military		26°09′49″S 28°02′29″E
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
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

KwaZulu-Natal

Name	Province	Location	Image	Type	Notes	Coordinates
Fort Amiel Museum	KwaZulu-Natal	Newcastle				27°44′47″S 29°55′17″E
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

Name	Province	Location	Image	Type	Notes	Coordinates
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

Name	Province	Location	Image	Type	Notes	Coordinates
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

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

Northern Cape

Name	Province	Location	Image	Type	Notes	Coordinates
Duggan-Cronin Gallery	Northern Cape	Kimberley
Fred Turner Folk and Culture Museum	Northern Cape	Loeriesfontein				30°57′08″S 19°26′49″E
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
Sonskip Living Museum (an earthship)	Northern Cape	Orania				29°49′00″S 24°24′41″E

Western Cape

Name	Province	Location	Image	Type	Notes	Coordinates
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		34.001414°S 18.466457°E / -34.001414; 18.466457
Cape Medical Museum	Western Cape	Cape Town
District Six Museum	Western Cape	Cape Town				33.927723°S 18.4236726°E / -33.927723; 18.4236726 (District Six Museum)
Koopmans-de Wet House	Western Cape	Cape Town				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				33.5253°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
Hout Bay Museum	Western Cape	Hout Bay
Huguenot Monument Memorial Museum	Western Cape	Paarl				33°54′50″S 19°07′27″E
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
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
South African Naval Museum	Western Cape	Simonstown			[20]	34°11′35″S 18°25′59″E
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]	33.9374°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
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

See also

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