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.

To use the sortable tables: click on the icons at the top of each column to sort that column in alphabetical order; click again for reverse alphabetical order.

Museums

=Eastern Cape=

class="wikitable sortable" ! Name !! Province !! Location !! Image !! Type !! Notes !! Coordinates !! SAHRIS Site Reference
Albany Museum	Eastern Cape	Grahamstown	120px
Amathole Museum	Eastern Cape	King William's Town
Fort Beaufort Museum	Eastern Cape	Fort Beaufort
National English Literary Museum	Eastern Cape	Grahamstown		Literature			[https://sahris.sahra.org.za/sites/920030016 9/2/003/0016]
Observatory Museum	Eastern Cape	Grahamstown					[https://sahris.sahra.org.za/sites/920030045 9/2/003/0045]
Red Location Museum	Eastern Cape	Port Elizabeth	120px	Apartheid
Schreiner House Museum	Eastern Cape	Cradock		Literature		{{coord\|32\|10\|24.53\|S\|25\|37\|04.32\|E}}
South African Air Force Museum	Eastern Cape	Port Elizabeth	120px	Military Aviation	[http://www.saafmuseum.org.za/]	{{coord\|33\|59\|23\|S\|25\|37\|04\|E\|region:ZA-EC_type:landmark\|name=South African Air Force Museum (Port Elizabeth)}}
The Owl House	Eastern Cape	Nieu-Bethesda	120px
East London Museum \|Eastern Cape \|East London

=Free State=

class="wikitable sortable" ! Name !! Province !! Location !! Image !! Type !! Notes !! Coordinates
Anglo-Boer War Museum	Free State	Bloemfontein	120px	Military	[http://www.anglo-boer.co.za/]	{{coord\|29\|14\|06\|S\|26\|21\|24\|E\|region:ZA-FS_type:landmark\|name=Anglo-Boer War Museum}}
National Museum, Bloemfontein	Free State	Bloemfontein		Natural History, Cultural History, Art	[http://www.nasmus.co.za]	{{coord\|29\|06\|54\|S\|26\|13\|08\|E\|region:ZA-FS_type:landmark\|name=National Museum Bloemfontein}}
South African Armour Museum	Free State	Bloemfontein	120px	Military
Parys Museum, Parys	Free State	Parys		Natural History, Cultural, Religious	[https://web.archive.org/web/20120327172119/http://www.parysmuseum.co.za/]	\|

=Gauteng=

class="wikitable sortable" ! 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	120px	Apartheid	[http://www.apartheidmuseum.org]	{{coord\|26\|14\|15\|S\|28\|00\|33\|E\|region:ZA-GP_type:landmark\|name=Apartheid Museum}}
Eksteen Transport Museum	Gauteng	Pretoria		Transport
Freedom Park	Gauteng	Pretoria		Cultural		{{coord\|25\|46\|00\|S\|28\|11\|22\|E\|region:ZA-GP_type:landmark\|name=Freedom Park}}
Geological Survey Museum (South Africa)	Gauteng	Pretoria		Geological
Hector Pieterson Museum	Gauteng	Johannesburg	120px	Apartheid	The events leading up to the Soweto uprising	{{coord\|26\|14\|05\|S\|27\|54\|32\|E\|region:ZA-GP_type:landmark\|name=Hector Pieterson Museum}}
Fietas Museum	Gauteng	Johannesburg
James Hall Transport Museum	Gauteng	Johannesburg	120px	Transport Museum	[http://www.jhmt.org.za]	{{coord\|26\|14\|03\|S\|28\|03\|12\|E\|region:ZA-GP_type:landmark\|name=James Hall Transport Museum}}
Johannesburg Art Gallery	Gauteng	Johannesburg	120px
Johannesburg Holocaust & Genocide Centre	Gauteng	Johannesburg		Memory. Education. Lessons for Humanity.	[http://www.jhbholocaust.co.za]
Kruger House	Gauteng	Pretoria	120px	Historic house	The house used by President Paul Kruger of the South African Republic[https://web.archive.org/web/20071023102823/http://www.nfi.org.za/KM/khindex.htm]	{{coord\|25\|44\|47\|S\|28\|10\|53\|E\|type:landmark_region:ZA-GP\|name=Kruger House}}
Lindfield Victorian House Museum	Gauteng	Johannesburg		Living Victorian House Museum	[http://lindfield.wix.com/museum]	{{coord\|26\|11\|06.71\|S\|28\|00\|29.47\|E\|type:landmark_region:ZA-GP\|name=Lindfield House}}
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	120px
National Cultural History Museum (South Africa)	Gauteng	Pretoria	120px			{{coord\|25\|45\|12\|S\|28\|11\|04\|E\|region:ZA-GP_type:landmark\|name=National Cultural History Museum}}
Nelson Mandela National Museum	Gauteng	Johannesburg	120px	Historic house		{{coord\|26\|14\|18\|S\|27\|54\|31\|E\|region:ZA-GP_type:landmark\|name=Nelson Mandela National Museum}}
No Show Museum	Gauteng	Johannesburg		Art of nothing
Peacemakers Museum	Gauteng	Johannesburg
Pretoria Art Museum	Gauteng	Pretoria	120px	Art		{{coord
25.747\|28.213\|region:ZA-GP_type:landmark\|name=Pretoria Art Museum}}
Fort Klapperkop Military Museum	Gauteng	Pretoria	120px	Military		{{coord\|25\|46\|49\|S\|28\|12\|37\|E\|region:ZA-GP_type:landmark\|name=Fort Klapperkop}} {{coord\|25\|46\|37\|S\|28\|11\|05\|E\|region:ZA-GP_type:landmark\|name=Fort Skanskop}}
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	120px	Military Aviation	[http://www.saafmuseum.org.za/]	{{coord\|25\|48\|12\|S\|28\|09\|44\|E\|region:ZA-GP_type:landmark\|name=South African Air Force Museum (Swartkop)}}
South African Airways Museum Society	Gauteng	Rand Airport, Germiston		Civil Aviation	[http://www.saamuseum.co.za]	{{coord\|26\|14\|30\|S\|28\|9\|33\|E\|region:ZA-GP_type:landmark\|name=South African Airways Museum Society Rand Airport)}}
South African National Museum of Military History	Gauteng	Johannesburg	120px	Military		{{coord\|26\|09\|49\|S\|28\|02\|29\|E\|region:ZA-GP_type:landmark\|name=South African National Museum of Military History}}
South African National Railway And Steam Museum	Gauteng	Krugersdorp		Transport
South African Police Service Museum	Gauteng	Pretoria	120px	Law Enforcement	[http://www.saps.gov.za/children/museum/museum_pretoria.htm]
Willem Prinsloo Agricultural Museum	Gauteng	Pretoria		Agriculture
Transvaal Museum	Gauteng	Pretoria	120px	Natural History	[https://web.archive.org/web/20130930040222/http://www.ditsong.org.za/naturalhistory.htm]	{{coord\|25\|45\|11\|S\|28\|11\|21\|E\|region:ZA-GP_type:landmark\|name=Transvaal Museum}}
Van Tilburg Collection	Gauteng	Pretoria	120px	Arts	[https://archive.today/20131008003838/http://web.up.ac.za/default.asp?ipkCategoryID=12652]
Van Wouw Museum	Gauteng	Pretoria	120px	Sculpture	[http://www.gauteng.net/attractions/entry/anton_van_wouw_museum/]
Voortrekker Monument	Gauteng	Pretoria	120px	Cultural	Monument to the early pioneers of the South African Interior	{{coord\|25\|46\|35\|S\|28\|10\|33\|E\|region:ZA-GP_type:landmark\|name=Voortrekker Monument}}

=KwaZulu-Natal=

class="wikitable sortable" ! Name !! Province !! Location !! Image !! Type !! Notes !! Coordinates
Fort Amiel Museum	KwaZulu-Natal	Newcastle		{{coord\|27\|44\|47\|S\|29\|55\|17\|E\|region:ZA-ZN_type:landmark\|name=Fort Amiel Museum}}
Himeville Museum	KwaZulu-Natal	Himeville
Margate Art Museum	KwaZulu-Natal	Margate
KwaZulu-Natal Museum	KwaZulu-Natal	Pietermaritzburg	[http://www.nmsa.org.za/]
Voortrekker Museum	KwaZulu-Natal	Pietermaritzburg	[http://www.voortrekkermuseum.co.za/]
The Old Prison Museum	KwaZulu-Natal	Pietermaritzburg

=Limpopo=

class="wikitable sortable" ! 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	120px	Archaeological	The ancient kingdom of Mapungubwe gave rise to Great Zimbabwe

=Mpumalanga=

class="wikitable sortable" ! 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=

class="wikitable sortable"

! Name !! Province !! Location !! Image !! Type !! Notes !! Coordinates

Boekenhoutfontein

North West

Rustenburg

Historic residence

The former residence of Paul Kruger

=Northern Cape=

class="wikitable sortable" ! Name !! Province !! Location !! Image !! Type !! Notes !! Coordinates
Duggan-Cronin Gallery	Northern Cape	Kimberley	120px
Fred Turner Folk and Culture Museum	Northern Cape	Loeriesfontein		{{coord\|30\|57\|08\|S\|19\|26\|49\|E\|region:ZA-NC_type:landmark\|name=Fred Turner Folk and Culture Museum}}
Old Parsonage Museum	Northern Cape	Fraserburg
McGregor Museum	Northern Cape	Kimberley
Sol Plaatje Museum	Northern Cape	Kimberley
Windmill Museum	Northern Cape	Loeriesfontein	120px	{{coord\|30\|57\|06\|S\|19\|26\|49\|E\|region:ZA-NC_type:landmark\|name=Windmill Museum}}
Sonskip Living Museum (an earthship)	Northern Cape	Orania		{{coord\|29\|49\|00\|S\|24\|24\|41\|E\|region:ZA-NC_type:landmark\|name=Sonskip / Aardskip}}

=Western Cape=

class="wikitable sortable" ! 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	120px
Bredasdorp Shipwreck Museum	Western Cape	Bredasdorp	120px
Cape Education Museum	Western Cape	Wynberg, Cape Town	120px	Education		{{coord
34.001414\|18.466457}}
Cape Medical Museum	Western Cape	Cape Town
District Six Museum	Western Cape	Cape Town	150px			{{Coord
33.927723\|18.4236726\|region:ZA-WP_type:landmark\|name=District Six Museum}}
Koopmans-de Wet House	Western Cape	Cape Town	120px			{{coord
33.920941\|18.421291}}
Groot Constantia Manor House	Western Cape	Cape Town	120px
Ceres Transport Riders' Museum	Western Cape	Ceres	120px
CP Nel Museum	Western Cape	Oudtshoorn	120px
Franschhoek Motor Museum	Western Cape	Franschhoek	120px			{{coord
33.5253\|18.5913}}
George Museum	Western Cape	George	120px
Heart of Cape Town Museum	Western Cape	Cape Town	120px			{{coord\|33\|56\|28\|S\|18\|27\|47\|E\|region:ZA-WP_type:landmark\|name=Heart of Cape Town Museum}}
Hout Bay Museum	Western Cape	Hout Bay	120px
Huguenot Monument Memorial Museum	Western Cape	Paarl				{{coord\|33\|54\|50\|S\|19\|07\|27\|E\|region:ZA-WC_type:landmark\|name=Huguenot Monument Memorial Museum}}
Iziko South African Museum	Western Cape	Cape Town	120px	Museum
Iziko South African National Gallery	Western Cape	Cape Town	120px	Art
Montagu Museum	Western Cape	Montagu	120px
Old Harbour Museum	Western Cape	Hermanus	120px
Outeniqua Transport Museum	Western Cape	George	120px
Robben Island Museum	Western Cape	Cape Town	120px		[http://www.robben-island.org.za]	{{coord\|33\|48\|01\|S\|18\|22\|19\|E\|region:ZA-WC_type:landmark\|name=Robben Island Museum}}
South African Sendinggestig Museum	Western Cape	Cape Town	120px	Historic house
Slave Lodge	Western Cape	Cape Town	120px	Museum
Simon's Town Museum	Western Cape	Simon's Town	120px	Museum
South African Air Force Museum	Western Cape	Cape Town	120px	Military Aviation	[http://www.saafmuseum.org.za/]	{{coord\|33\|54\|17\|S\|18\|29\|35\|E\|region:ZA-WC_type:landmark\|name=South African Air Force Museum (Ysterplaat)}}
South African Naval Museum	Western Cape	Simonstown	120px		[http://www.simonstown.com/navalmuseum/index.htm]	{{coord\|34\|11\|35\|S\|18\|25\|59\|E\|region:ZA-WP_type:landmark\|name=South African Naval Museum}}
Waterworks Museum	Western Cape	Cape Town
The Warrior Toy Museum	Western Cape	Simonstown		Toy	[http://www.simonstown.org/museums%20to%20visit.html]
Stellenbosch Toy and Miniature Museum	Western Cape	Stellenbosch			[http://www.stelmus.co.za/toy_miniature_museum.htm]
Stellenbosch Museum	Western Cape	Stellenbosch			[https://web.archive.org/web/20140406170829/http://www.stelmus.co.za/village_museum.htm]	{{Coord\|33.9374\|S\|18.8629\|E\|type:landmark_region:ZA-WC\|name=Stellenbosch Museum}}
Chavonnes Battery Museum	Western Cape	Cape Town	120px		[http://www.chavonnesmuseum.co.za/]	{{coord\|33\|54\|26\|S\|18\|25\|17\|E\|region:ZA-WC_type:landmark\|name=Chavonnes Battery Museum}}
Drostdy Museum	Western Cape	Swellendam			[http://www.drostdy.com/]
Zeitz Museum of Contemporary Art Africa	Western Cape	Cape Town			[https://zeitzmocaa.museum/]	{{Coord
33.9084\|18.4230\|format=dms\|region:ZA_type:landmark}}