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