Monuments in South Africa

South Africa has a rich history with many monuments to commemorate events and people. Museums range from houses of influential figures to buildings that were erected to honor them.

Cape Town:

· South African National Gallery

· Grootte Schuur - the first successful heart transplant in the world by Dr Barnard was done at this hospital

· Castle Of Good Hope - the castle in Cape Town

Pretoria:

· Voortrekker Monument & Fort Skanskop

· Union Buildings in Church Street

· Church Square in front of the Union Buildings

· The African Window Museum

· The Kruger House (former President Paul Kruger lived here)

· Mapoch Ndebele Village

· Willem Prinsloo Agricultural Museam

· Pierneef Museum - famous South African painter

· Museum of Natural History

· Smuts House Museum

· Sammy Marks Museum

Johannesburg:

· The Apartheid Museum

· The Cradle of Humankind - discover the beginning of the human race

· Gold Reef City - an ode to the glorious golden days of Johannesburg

· Adler Museum of Medicine

· AECI Dynamite Museum - records the history of explosives

· Bernberg Fashion Museum - learn how fashion changed over the years

· Constitution Hill - home of the Constitutional Court, but also the site of Johannesburg's notorious Old Fort Prison Complex

· Hector Peterson Museum - commemorates the 566 people who died in the student uprising that followed the events of June 16, 1976 (Soweto)

· James Hall Transport Museum - land transport

· Madiba Freedom Museum - charts South Africa's journey to democracy

· Museum Africa

· South Africa National Museum of Military History

· Zoology Museum

· Johannesburg Art gallery

Durban:

· Bergtheil Local History Museum

· KwaMuhle Museum

· Port Natal Maritime Museum

· Old House Museum

· Natural Science Museum - dinosaurs to fossils and prehistoric man are on display.

· Old Court House Museum

· Old Fort

· Dick King Statue - Dick King rode 600 miles in ten days, to get reinforcements in the Cape after the Voortrekkers besieged Durban.

· Vasco Da Gama Fountain and Clock - Portuguese discoverer

· John Ross Statue - John Ross walked 600 miles to Delagoa Bay, to get medical supplies for his compatriots in distress in Port Natal.

· Mahatma Gandhi Bust - statue serves to commemorate the time he purchased a first class train ticket to Johannesburg in June, 1893.

· Durban City Hall

Potchefstrrom:

· Old Fort (museum & cemetery)

· President Pretorius Museum - former president of South Africa's hous

· Totius House Museum - South African Poet

Umtata:

· Nelson Mandela Museum

Grahamstown:

· Observatory Museum

Kimberley:

· William Humphreys Art Gallery

Bloemfontein:

· War Museum of the Boer Republics - dedicated to the brave Boers who fought and died for their freedom

Bredasdorp

· Shipwreck Museum

Swellendam:

· The Drostdy Museum Complex - if you are interested in the history of wine in South Africa, this is the place for you

Paarl:

· Afrikaans Language Museum

Pilgrims' Rest

· Pilgrims Rest Historic Gold Town - the whole town is a museum (of sorts) in Mpumalanga. The town started when gold fever ran high in the South African Lowveld.

Orania:

· Koeksister monument - ode to a South African delicacy.