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
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
Red Location Museum	Eastern Cape	Port Elizabeth		Apartheid
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

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]

KwaZulu-Natal

Name	Province	Location	Image	Type	Notes	Coordinates
Fort Amiel Museum	KwaZulu-Natal	Newcastle				27°44′47″S 29°55′17″E
Natal Museum	KwaZulu-Natal	Pietermaritzburg			[5]
Voortrekker Museum	KwaZulu-Natal	Pietermaritzburg			[6]

Gauteng

Name	Province	Location	Image	Type	Notes	Coordinates
African Window	Gauteng	Pretoria
Apartheid Museum	Gauteng	Johannesburg		Apartheid	[7]	26°14′15″S 28°00′33″E
Eksteen Transport Museum	Gauteng	Pretoria		Transport
Freedom Park	Gauteng	Pretoria				25°46′00″S 28°11′22″E
Geological Survey Museum (South Africa)	Gauteng	Pretoria
Hector Pieterson Museum	Gauteng	Johannesburg				26°14′05″S 27°54′32″E
Fietas Museum	Gauteng	Johannesburg
James Hall Transport Museum	Gauteng	Johannesburg		Transport Museum	[8]	26°14′03″S 28°03′12″E
Johannesburg Art Gallery	Gauteng	Johannesburg
Kruger House	Gauteng	Pretoria		Historic house	[9]	25°44′47″S 28°10′53″E
Lindfield Victorian House Museum	Gauteng	Johannesburg		Living Victorian House Museum	[10]	26°11′06.71″S 28°00′29.47″E
Mapungubwe Museum	Gauteng	Pretoria
Melrose House	Gauteng	Pretoria
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)
Pretoria Forts	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
South African Air Force Museum	Gauteng	Pretoria		Military Aviation	[11]	25°48′12″S 28°09′44″E
South African Airways Museum Society	Gauteng	Rand Airport, Germiston		Civil Aviation	[12]	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	[13]
Willem Prinsloo Agricultural Museum	Gauteng	Pretoria
Transvaal Museum	Gauteng	Pretoria			[14]	25°45′11″S 28°11′21″E
Van Tilburg Collection	Gauteng	Pretoria			[15]
Van Wouw Museum	Gauteng	Pretoria			[16]
Voortrekker Monument	Gauteng	Pretoria		Cultural		25°46′35″S 28°10′33″E

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
McGregor Museum	Northern Cape	Kimberley
Sol Plaatje Museum	Northern Cape	Kimberley
Windmill Museum	Northern Cape	Loeriesfontein				30°57′06″S 19°26′49″E

Western Cape

Name	Province	Location	Image	Type	Notes	Coordinates
Bartolomeu Dias Museum Complex	Western Cape	Mossel Bay
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
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	File:HuguenotMemorialMuseumBuilding.jpg			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			[17]	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	[18]	33°54′17″S 18°29′35″E
South African Naval Museum	Western Cape	Simonstown			[19]	34°11′35″S 18°25′59″E
Waterworks Museum	Western Cape	Cape Town
The Warrior Toy Museum	Western Cape	Simonstown		Toy	[20]
Stellenbosch Toy and Miniature Museum	Western Cape	Stellenbosch			[21]
Stellenbosch Museum	Western Cape	Stellenbosch			[22]	33.9374°S 18.8629°E / -33.9374; 18.8629 (Stellenbosch Museum)
Chavonnes Battery Museum	Western Cape	Cape Town			[23]	33°54′26″S 18°25′17″E
Drostdy Museum	Western Cape	Swellendam			[24]

See also

• List of museums