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Apartheid
Museum |
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Type :
Daily Visit
You will find this museum located opposite to the Gold Reef City
casino. It usually takes about an hour to really take in the
delightful displays at this interesting and enlightening museum in
Johannesburg.
Children under 10 years of age are discouraged from attending due to
the graphic nature.
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about Apartheid Museum] |
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Cradle of
Humankind Site |
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Type :
Daily Visit
A visit here is sure to take you
back in time. The Cradle of
Humankind Site consists of a series
of dolomite limestone caves which
contain the fossils of animals,
plants and hominid ancestors.
Scientific evidence suggests that
these dolomite caves started out as
coral reefs growing under the sea
about 2.3 billion years ago.
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about Cradle of Humankind Site] |
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Constitution
Hill
in Braamfontein |
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Type :
Daily Visit
Constitution Hill is a unique
heritage site overlooking
Johannesburg from Braamfontein.
Constitution Hill was built in 1893,
on the site of an old fort prison
for political dissidents such as
Gandhi and Mandela. The site
includes a museum and South Africa's
Constitutional Court.
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about Constitution Hill] |
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Hector
Pieterson Museum
in Soweto |
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Type :
Daily Visit
Hector Pieterson Museum is
located in Soweto, Johannesburg. The
museum is named after the first
casualty during the uprising in 1976
prior to the sole use of the
Afrikaans language in schools.
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about Hector Pieterson Museum] |
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Johannesburg Art Gallery
in Joubert Park |
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Type :
Daily Visit
Johannesburg Art Gallery is
located in Joubert Park of
Johannesburg and it is one of the
nicest galleries in South Africa.
Johannesburg Art Gallery houses
spectacular artwork ranging from
Picasso & Henry Moore to South
Africans Sekoto, Batisse and
Pierneef.
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about Johannesburg Art Gallery] |
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Museum Africa
in
Newtown |
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Museum Africa in Newtown is
the premier history and cultural
museum of Johannesburg and housed in
the place that was once the city's
first fruit and vegetable market
that was built in 1913.
Address:
121 Bree Str., Newtown, Johannesburg, South Africa
Phone: +27 11 853 5624
Opening Hours: from Tuesday
to Sunday between 09.00-17.00 |
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Worker's
Library Museum
in
Newtown |
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You will find this museum housed in a national monument, where you
can view the living conditions of migrant workers. This can be
enjoyed every day from 8:30am-4.30pm. Admission is free.
Address:
52 Jeppe St.;
Johannesburg, South Africa
Phone: +27 11 834-1609 |
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Origins Centre
in Santonda Ave, Wits University |
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Origins Centre offers a great
experience of Africa’s rich and
mysterious past. The journey there
begins with the origins of humankind
and then moves through the
development of art, symbolism and
technology with the southern African
rock art traditions.
Address:
1 Enoch Sontonga Ave, Wits
University
Phone: +27 (0)11 717
4700
Web: www.origins.org.za |
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SAB World
of Beer
in
Newtown |
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South African Breweries World of
Beer offers an informative tour
prior to the beer origins dating
back to 6000 years and demonstrates
the beer making process. There is
also a pub that the visitors are
able to enjoy beer after the tour of
the facility. Here you can enjoy a 90-min tour for
$1.25 where you will discover the
heritage of the beer of the area.
This attraction is open from Tuesday
to Saturday from 10am-6pm.
Address: 15 President St.,
Newtown, Johannesburg, South Africa;
Phone: +27 11 836-4900 |
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Liliesleaf
in Rivonia |
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Liliesleaf is an attractive heritage
site and is one of the
Johannesburg’s best-kept secrets
where the personification of the
beliefs, motivations and aspirations
of the leaders take place.
Address:
7 George Ave, Rivonia
Phone: +27 (0)11 803
7882/3/4/6
Web: www.liliesleaf.co.za |
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Mandela House
in Soweto |
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Mandela House offers information for
the preservation, presentation and
research of the history, heritage
and legacy of the Mandela Family.
Address: Vilakazi Street,
Soweto
Phone: +27 (0)11 936 7754
Web: www.mandelahouse.org |
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Kliptown - The
Open Air Museum
in Soweto |
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The spectacular Open Air Museum of
Kliptown is situated in the oldest
residential district of Soweto. The
scenery and the Freedom Charter
takes the visitors to the history of
the struggle for freedom.
Address: Soweto
Phone: +27 (0)11 536 0611;
+27 (0)11 339 2700 |
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Gertrude Posel
Gallery
in Braamfontein |
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You will find this gallery in
Braamfontein, which is on the
outskirts of the center of the city
of Johannesburg. Visitors can spend
a few hours browsing a lovely
collection of tribal art and
clothing. Another feature includes
an entertaining display on South
African soccer.
Address: Witwatersrand
University, Senate House, Jorissen
St. Braamfontein , South Africa;
Phone: +27 11 717-1365 |
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