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
Free State edit
Name | Province | Location | Image | Type | Notes | Coordinates |
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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 | |
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 | |
South African Armour Museum | Free State | Bloemfontein | Military | |||
Parys Museum, Parys | Free State | Parys | Natural History, Cultural, Religious | [4] |
Gauteng edit
KwaZulu-Natal edit
Limpopo edit
Name | Province | Location | Image | Type | Notes | Coordinates |
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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 edit
Name | Province | Location | Image | Type | Notes | Coordinates |
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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 edit
Name | Province | Location | Image | Type | Notes | Coordinates |
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Boekenhoutfontein | North West | Rustenburg | Historic residence | The former residence of Paul Kruger |
Northern Cape edit
Western Cape edit
See also edit
External links edit
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