{"id":12419,"date":"2026-04-23T15:44:11","date_gmt":"2026-04-23T13:44:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ditsong.org.za\/en\/?page_id=12419"},"modified":"2026-04-23T15:44:11","modified_gmt":"2026-04-23T13:44:11","slug":"ditsong-national-museum-of-cultural-history","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/ditsong.org.za\/en\/our-museums\/ditsong-national-museum-of-cultural-history\/","title":{"rendered":"Ditsong: National Museum of Cultural History"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\n <\/span>National Museum of Cultural History<\/span><\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/div>[vc_empty_space][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”2\/3″][vc_raw_html css=””]JTNDaW1nJTIwc3JjJTNEJTIyaHR0cHMlM0ElMkYlMkZkaXRzb25nLm9yZy56YSUyRmVuJTJGd3AtY29udGVudCUyRnVwbG9hZHMlMkYyMDE5JTJGMDklMkZmczE2MDB4MTIwMHB4LURpdHNvbmdfTmF0aW9uYWxfTXVzZXVtX29mX0N1bHR1cmFsX0hpc3RvcnlfMS53ZWJwJTIyJTIwc3R5bGUlM0QlMjJ3aWR0aCUzQSUyMDEwMCUyNSUzQiUyMGhlaWdodCUzQSUyMGF1dG8lMjIlMkYlM0U=[\/vc_raw_html][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/3″][vc_column_text css=””]<\/p>\n

Opening Hours<\/h3>\n

Admission daily: 07:30 – 16:00 (Except Christmas Day & Good Friday) <\/p>\n

Weekend tours must be booked 7 days in advance (Minimum 12 people)<\/p>\n

Reach Us<\/h3>\n

149 Visagie Street, Pretoria, 0001<\/p>\n

Tel:<\/strong> 012 492 5788 \/ 066 105 6170<\/p>\n

Email:<\/strong> info@ditsong.org.za<\/p>\n

Admission bookings: <\/strong>nthwala@ditsong.org.za<\/a>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_empty_space][vc_separator color=”black” css=””][vc_empty_space][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_text_separator title=”About the Museum” css=”” el_class=”heading-4″][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_empty_space][vc_column_text css=””]<\/p>\n

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The DITSONG: National Museum of Cultural History explores South Africa\u2019s cultural diversity in various permanent and temporary exhibitions..<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Exhibitions include rock paintings and engravings of the San people, thousand-year-old Iron Age figurines from Schroda in the Limpopo Province (described as \u201cthe best-known artefacts indicating ritual behaviour in the Early Iron Age\u201d). An exhibition on Marabastad is a true example of a cosmopolitan and fully integrated rainbow nation before apartheid.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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The Museum is in the old South African Mint building behind (west of) the Pretoria City Hall in the Pretoria CBD. It is easily accessible by road from all parts of the Gauteng Province. There is a Gautrain inner city bus drop-off point right at the entrance to the Museum premises.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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