List of museums in South Africa

The List of Museums in South Africa lists a selection of museums in South Africa .

Surname	province	place	image	Type / subject	Web links
African Window	Gauteng	Pretoria
Albany Museum	Eastern Cape	Makhanda		Natural history, regional history, history of science
Amathole Museum	Eastern Cape	King William's Town		Natural history, regional history
Apartheid Museum	Gauteng	Johannesburg		apartheid	[1]
Barkly East Museum	Eastern Cape	Barkly East		Regional history, military issues
Burgersdorp Cultural Historical Museum	Eastern Cape	Burgersdorp		Regional museum
De Beers Centenary Art Gallery	Eastern Cape	Alice		art
CP Nel Museum	Western cape	Oudtshoorn		Regional museum
Ditsong National Museum of Natural History	Gauteng	Pretoria		Natural history
East London Museum	Eastern Cape	East London		Natural history
Eksteen Transport Museum	Gauteng	Pretoria		transport
Fort Amiel Museum	KwaZulu-Natal	Newcastle
Fort Beaufort Historical Museum	Eastern Cape	Fort Beaufort
Fred Turner Folk and Culture Museum	North Cape	Loeriesfontein
Freedom Park	Gauteng	Pretoria
Geological Survey Museum (South Africa)	Gauteng	Pretoria
Graaff-Reinet Museum	Eastern Cape	Graaff-Reinet		Regional museum
Great Fish River Museum	Eastern Cape	Cradock		Regional museum
Hector Pieterson Museum	Gauteng	Johannesburg		Documents the Soweto uprising
Grahamstown History and Natural Museum	Eastern Cape	Makhanda		Natural history
Hout Bay Museum	Western cape	Hout Bay
Huguenot Monument Memorial Museum	Western cape	Pair
Iziko South African Museum	Western cape	Cape Town
James Hall Museum of Transport	Gauteng	Johannesburg		transport	[2]
Jewish Pioneer's Memorial Museum	Eastern Cape	Port Elizabeth		Jewish Museum
JLB Smith Institute of Ichthyology	Eastern Cape	Makhanda		Ichthyology
Johannesburg Art Gallery	Gauteng	Johannesburg
Kruger House	Gauteng	Pretoria		Historical building	[3]
Mapungubwe Museum	Gauteng	Pretoria
McGregor Museum	North Cape	Kimberley
Melrose House	Gauteng	Pretoria
Moravian Mission Museum	Western cape	Genadendal
Mthatha Museum	Eastern Cape	Mthatha		Settlement history, natural history, colonial and apartheid issues
Museum of Military History	Gauteng	Johannesburg		military	[4]
MuseuMAfricA	Gauteng	Johannesburg- Newtown
Natal Museum	KwaZulu-Natal	Pietermaritzburg			[5]
National Cultural History Museum	Gauteng	Pretoria
National English Literary Museum	Eastern Cape	Makhanda
National Museum, Bloemfontein	free State	Bloemfontein		Natural history, art	[6]
Nelson Mandela Metropolitan Art Museum formerly King George VI Art Gallery	Eastern Cape	Port Elizabeth		art	[7]
Nelson Mandela National Museum	Gauteng	Johannesburg		Historical building
Nelson Mandela Museum	Eastern Cape	Qunu , Mvezo , Mthatha		Nelson Mandela
Outeniqua Transport Museum	Western cape	George
Pretoria Art Museum	Gauteng	Pretoria		art
Pretoria forts	Gauteng	Pretoria		military
Queenstown & Frontier Museum	Eastern Cape	Queenstown		Regional museum
Red Location Museum	Eastern Cape	Port Elizabeth		apartheid
Robben Island Museum	Western cape	Cape Town			[8th]
SAB World of Beer	Gauteng	Johannesburg		beer
Sandstone Estates	free State	Ficksburg		Agriculture, railroad, military	[9]
Sammy Marks House	Gauteng	Pretoria		Historical building
Settler Memorial Museum	Eastern Cape	Makhanda		British settlement
Sol Plaatje Museum	North Cape	Kimberley
South African Air Force Museum	Eastern Cape	Port Elizabeth		military	[10]
South African Air Force Museum	Gauteng	Pretoria			[11]
South African Air Force Museum	Western cape	Cape Town			[12]
South African National Gallery	Western cape	Cape Town		South African, African and European art
South African National Railway And Steam Museum	Gauteng	Krugersdorp		traffic
South African Naval Museum	Western cape	Simonstown			[13]
South African Police Service Museum	Gauteng	Pretoria
Talana Museum	KwaZulu-Natal	Dundee			[14]
The Owl House	Eastern Cape	Nieu-Bethesda
Uitenhage Historical Museum	Eastern Cape	Uitenhage		Regional museum, railroad
Van Tilburg Collection	Gauteng	Pretoria
Van Wouw Museum	Gauteng	Pretoria
Voortrekker Museum	KwaZulu-Natal	Pietermaritzburg			[15]
War Museum of the Boer Republics	free State	Bloemfontein			[16]
Waterworks Museum	Western cape	Cape Town
Wild Coast Museum	Eastern Cape	Port St. Johns		Art, regional history, Mpondo topics
Willem Prinsloo Agricultural Museum	Gauteng	Pretoria
Windmill Museum	North Cape	Loeriesfontein
Zeitz Museum of Contemporary Art Africa	Western cape	Cape Town		Contemporary African art	[17]

See also

Commons : Images on Museums in South Africa  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Web links

• Ditsong - Museums of South Africa (English)
• Museums online in South Africa (with search function for individual cities )