Museums in South Africa

631 museums across South Africa (every level, from must-see to small local spots), must-see first. Each page covers the best time to visit, typical crowds and how far it is from nearby cities, and travellers can report “Is it open today?” (opening status).

• pretoria art museum park · museum · Gauteng
• 18 Gangster Museum · museum · Western Cape
• African Renaissance Museum - Masoga · museum · Limpopo
• Air Force Museum · museum · Gauteng
• Art & Wine Gallery · museum · Free State
• Art Gallery · museum · North West
• Art de Olivia Emporium · museum · Western Cape
• Art museum · museum · Free State
• Art on Main · museum · Western Cape
• Artists Admin · museum · Western Cape
• Artysan Gallery · museum · Western Cape
• Bathurst Agricultural Museum · museum · Eastern Cape
• Belinda Hewer · museum · Western Cape
• Bethlehem Museum Trust · museum · Free State
• Bloemfontein Toy Museum · museum · Free State
• Bram Fischer Museum · museum · Free State
• Buffelsfontein Art & Coffee · museum · Western Cape
• Bushman Rock Monument (old nama marker to help them travel) · museum · Northern Cape
• Calgary Transport Museum · museum · Eastern Cape
• Calitzdorp Museum · museum · Western Cape
• Cape Town Creative Academy · museum · Western Cape
• Claude Malan · museum · Gauteng
• Crush Museum · museum · Gauteng
• De Jonge Gelderblom · museum · Western Cape
• Diane McLean Artist and Portrait Gallery · museum · Western Cape
• Didima Rock Art Centre · museum · KwaZulu-Natal
• Dimitrov Art Gallery · museum · Mpumalanga
• Drostdy-Hof · museum · Western Cape
• Dunluce House Museum · museum · Northern Cape
• Dylan Lewis Studio and Sculpture Garden · museum · Western Cape
• Exploratory - Science Centre · museum · Gauteng
• GUS Gallery · museum · Western Cape
• Gallop Hill Gallery · museum · Western Cape
• Grave of Nkulumane · museum · North West
• Hamburg Heritage Site · museum · Eastern Cape
• Hapo Museum · museum · Gauteng
• Harbour Road Art Gallery · museum · Western Cape
• Heemkring Archive · museum · Western Cape
• Hermann Niebuhr - Artist Studio · museum · Western Cape
• INK BOX ART Gallery · museum · Western Cape
• Ilse Schermers Art Gallery · museum · Western Cape
• Imizamo Yethu Township Museum · museum · Western Cape
• Interpretation Centre · museum · Western Cape
• Johannesburg Holocaust & Genocide Centre · museum · Gauteng
• Katyn Memorial · museum · Gauteng
• Kimberley Transport Museum · museum · Northern Cape
• Kitching Fossil Exploration Centre · museum · Eastern Cape
• Kruger National Park Musuem · museum · Mpumalanga
• Lembu Gallery · museum · Western Cape
• Landbou · museum · North West
• Laude Classic Cars · museum · Western Cape
• Lesley Charnock Gallery and Studio · museum · Western Cape
• Liesl Meintjies · museum · Gauteng
• Long Street Gallery · museum · Western Cape
• Loxton Gallery · museum · Northern Cape
• Lucas Meyer House · museum · KwaZulu-Natal
• Magersfontein Battlefield and Museum · museum · Northern Cape
• Marion's Gallery · museum · Western Cape
• Mazisi Kunene Museum · museum · KwaZulu-Natal
• Melon Rouge · museum · Gauteng
• Meteorite Dome · museum · Free State
• Michèle Nigrini Art · museum · Western Cape
• Military History · museum · Eastern Cape
• Moravian Mission Museum · museum · Western Cape
• Museo Della Passione · museum · Western Cape
• Museum House · museum · Western Cape
• Museum van de Caab · museum · Western Cape
• Natal Maritime Museum · museum · KwaZulu-Natal
• Ncome Zulu Museum · museum · KwaZulu-Natal
• Noupoort Local Museum · museum · Northern Cape
• Old House Museum · museum · KwaZulu-Natal
• Old Residency · museum · Eastern Cape
• Orania Kultuurhistoriese Museum · museum · Northern Cape
• Orchard Gallery · museum · Eastern Cape
• Owl House Visitor Centre · museum · Eastern Cape
• Paardeberg Museum · museum · Free State
• Pelissier House Museum · museum · Free State
• Port Nolloth Museum · museum · Northern Cape
• Post Office Accommodation · museum · Eastern Cape
• Rabelais Museum · museum · Mpumalanga
• Railway Museum · museum · Western Cape
• Robben Island Jetty Museum · museum · Western Cape
• Robert Badenhorst Art Gallery · museum · Free State
• Rock Engravings · museum · Mpumalanga
• Rock engraving · museum · Mpumalanga
• Rorke's Drift Museum · museum · KwaZulu-Natal
• Rorks Drift Parade · museum · KwaZulu-Natal
• Rovos Rail Museum · museum · Gauteng
• Sandra Pelser Art · museum · Western Cape
• Sarah Baartman Memorial Centre · museum · Eastern Cape
• Seeplaas Gallery · museum · Western Cape
• Smuts Birthplace · museum · Western Cape
• Soetmelksvlei – A family experience by Babylonstoren · museum · Western Cape
• Sophies Choice · museum · Western Cape
• South African Maritime Museum · museum · Western Cape
• Space · museum · Western Cape
• Stephenson Photo Museum · museum · Gauteng
• The Gallery l · museum · Western Cape
• The Mapungubwe Interpretation Centre · museum · Limpopo
• The New Aukwatowa Museum (formerly Port Nolloth Museum) · museum · Northern Cape
• The Potters Gallery · museum · Western Cape
• The Spencer Contemporary Art Gallery · museum · Western Cape
• Toy Musem · museum · Western Cape
• Train Museum · museum · Gauteng
• Ulwazi Interpretive Centre · museum · Eastern Cape
• Urqouhart House · museum · Eastern Cape
• Victoria Art Gallery · museum · Western Cape
• Vincent Da Silva Gallery · museum · Western Cape
• Vintage Car Museum · museum · Eastern Cape
• Voorgelegen · museum · Western Cape
• Voortreker · museum · KwaZulu-Natal
• Voortrekker Monument Museum · museum · Gauteng
• Wagon Museum · museum · Eastern Cape
• Welkom city museum · museum · Free State
• William Hayes Memorial · museum · Mpumalanga
• Winnie Madikizela-Mandela Brandfort House · museum · Free State
• Worcester Museum (Kleinplasie) · museum · Western Cape
• museum of man · museum · Limpopo
• The Irish House, Polokwane Museum · museum · Limpopo
• Hugh Exton Photographic Museum · museum · Limpopo
• Bakone Malapa Northern Sotho Open Air Museum · museum · Limpopo
• Paul Kruger Country House Museum · museum · North West
• Pinedene Small Arms Museum · museum · Free State
• Police Museum · museum · Free State
• Voortrekker / Msunduzi Museum · museum · KwaZulu-Natal
• Steve Biko Centre · museum · Eastern Cape
• Assegaai Submarine Museum · museum · Western Cape
• ADM Shark Museum · museum · Western Cape
• SAPS Museum Muizenberg · museum · Western Cape
• The Museum of South African Hip Hop · museum · Western Cape
• Langa Heritage · museum · Western Cape
• Springbok Museum · museum · Western Cape
• PASCAP Trust · museum · Western Cape
• Smith · museum · Western Cape
• Stempastorie Museum for National Emblems · museum · Western Cape
• Gold Museum · museum · Western Cape
• Khoisan Whale and Marine Museum · museum · Western Cape
• John Wilhelm Pottery · museum · Western Cape
• De Wet's Huis Photo Museum · museum · Western Cape
• Genadendal Mission Museum · museum · Western Cape
• Julius Gordon Africana Museum · museum · Western Cape
• Point of Human Origins · museum · Western Cape
• The Bike Barn Museum · museum · Western Cape
• Great Brak River Museum · museum · Western Cape
• Barry And Nephew · museum · Western Cape
• Constitution Hill · museum · Western Cape
• Robben Island Museum · museum · Western Cape
• First South African Perfume Museum · museum · Western Cape
• Vroue Monument · museum · Western Cape
• Railway Museum · museum · Western Cape

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