{"id":12443,"date":"2026-04-23T17:19:50","date_gmt":"2026-04-23T15:19:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ditsong.org.za\/en\/?page_id=12443"},"modified":"2026-04-23T17:19:50","modified_gmt":"2026-04-23T15:19:50","slug":"ditsong-willem-prinsloo-agricultural-museum","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/ditsong.org.za\/en\/our-museums\/ditsong-willem-prinsloo-agricultural-museum\/","title":{"rendered":"Ditsong: Willem Prinsloo Agricultural Museum"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\n <\/span>Willem Prinsloo Agricultural Museum<\/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=””]JTNDaW1nJTIwc3JjJTNEJTIyaHR0cHMlM0ElMkYlMkZkaXRzb25nLm9yZy56YSUyRmVuJTJGd3AtY29udGVudCUyRnVwbG9hZHMlMkYyMDE5JTJGMDklMkZ3aWxsZW0tcHJpbnNsb29jb21wLmpwZyUyMiUyMHN0eWxlJTNEJTIyd2lkdGglM0ElMjAxMDAlMjUlM0IlMjBoZWlnaHQlM0ElMjBhdXRvJTIyJTJGJTNF[\/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

Note: The restaurant is currently closed.<\/p>\n

Reach Us<\/h3>\n

R104 Old Bronkhortspruit Road, Rayton, Cullinan,1000<\/p>\n

Tel:<\/strong> 012 492 5808<\/p>\n

Bookings for education programmes: 012 492 5808<\/p>\n

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

Admission bookings: <\/strong>wpguide@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: Willem Prinsloo Agricultural Museum preserves and presents South African agricultural history in a unique manner. The Museum showcases the history of the development of agriculture in South Africa from the Stone Age until 1945.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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The Willem Prinsloo Agricultural Museum is located on the farm Kaalfontein. It can be reached using the old Pretoria-Bronkhorstspruit Road (R104), off the N4 on the Cullinan\/Rayton (R515) turnoff. The farm belonged to Ms Miertjie le Roux (n\u00e9e Prinsloo) and three generations of Prinsloo ancestors.<\/p>\n

Miertjies\u2019s great grandfather Willem Prinsloo (nicknamed Willem Wragtag) was a big game hunter and bartered skins, ivory and horns for the farm Modderfontein on the Witwatersrand. Gold was discovered later at Modderfontein, and he sold the farm to a mining company. With the money, he purchased various Bushveld and Highveld farms, including the farm Elandsfontein, which his daughter later inherited. After the discovery of diamonds on Elandsfontein, the farm got sold to Thomas Cullinan, who founded the Premier Diamond Mining Company (1902).<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Willem Wragtag also bought the farm Kaalfontein in 1889 but never lived there. His son Lang Willem Prinsloo, and his family, lived on Kaalfontein.<\/p>\n

Miertjie le Roux inherited the farm Kaalfontein and lived in the 1880 dwelling on the old farmyard until 1976. When Miertjie\u2019s brother died in 1976, she donated 16 hectares of the farm, including the 1880 dwelling and outbuildings, to the National Cultural History and Open-air Museum.<\/p>\n

A few years later, the National Cultural History and Open-air Museum purchased a portion of the adjacent farm on which the 1913 and 1927 homesteads are.<\/p>\n

The development of the Museum started in 1976 with the construction of the main building and storage areas. The Museum officially opened on 29 March 1980.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

[\/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space][vc_tta_accordion][vc_tta_section title=”EXHIBITIONS” tab_id=”1776957176814-59649de0-888c”][vc_column_text css=””]Indoor exhibition area \u2013 exhibitions include a formal display on the history of the development of agriculture in South Africa and exhibits of vehicles of yesteryear such as donkey and horse carts, carriages, coaches and spider carriages. Various old agricultural implements will bring back pleasant memories to many visitors.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section title=”OLD FARMYARD” tab_id=”1776957176826-bebc334c-3b87″][vc_column_text css=””]Visitors can explore the 1880 and 1913 dwellings, outbuildings and three reconstructed Ndebele homesteads from various eras. The historic farmyard also has a variety of domesticated farm animals such as Colebrook pigs, Painted Persian sheep, Afrikaner cattle and indigenous chickens.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section title=”EDUCATIONAL AND PUBLIC PROGRAMMES” tab_id=”1776957280638-2af75b8b-6986″][vc_column_text css=””]<\/p>\n

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Visitors are offered unique public and curriculum-based educational programmes. Guided tours are presented to school groups (of all ages) and adult groups.<\/p>\n

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Demonstrations are hands-on and include:<\/p>\n

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Milking a cow<\/p>\n

Plucking a goose<\/p>\n

Making tallow candles<\/p>\n

Making clay oxen<\/p>\n

Baking bread in an outdoor oven<\/p>\n

Roosterkoek<\/p>\n

Fun rides<\/p>\n

Pricing (Minimum 10 people)<\/strong><\/p>\n

Tractor Ride: R 15.00 pp<\/p>\n

Clay oxen: R 5.00 pp<\/p>\n

Rooster koek: R 10.00 pp<\/p>\n

Candle making, with take away candle R 30 pp<\/p>\n

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Prior bookings are essential.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Jam (350 ml) R 35<\/p>\n

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Please download our Price list for this museum below:<\/p>\n

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