
National Museum of Cultural History
Exhibitions include rock paintings and engravings of the San people;thousand year old Iron Age figurines from Schroda in the Limpopo Province (described as “the best known artifacts indicating ritual behaviour in the Early Iron Age”); the Art Gallery presents an overview of South African culture through time, using cultural objects, crafts, sculpture and paintings and an exhibition on Marabastad is a true example of a cosmopolitan and fully integrated rainbow nation before apartheid. Visit our new shop.
The Museum is located 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.
Adults
Learner (own tour)
Learner (guided tour)
International : Adult
Children
Educator
Pensioners
Educator: 30 learner group
HOW TO REACH
Contact Information
Physical Address:
149 Visagie Street, Pretoria 0001
GPS Coordinates:
25° 45′ 09.7″ S 28°11′ 05.7″ E
Contact details:
Tel: 012 324 6082; 083 626 5427; 012 492 5788
Fax: 012 328 5173
Admission:
Weekdays: 08:00 – 16:00
(Closed on Public Holidays)
Parking and security:
Ample secured parking
Venue Events
- Dialogue on Xenophobia – Africa Month Celebration
- Women in the Arts Exhibition
- International Museum Week
- Italian Opera Embraces Africa
- Public Lecture on Land Redistribution
- Upcoming Events
- A Public Lecture and Exhibition on New Narratives and Poisoned Pasts
- Korean Exhibition
- Ahmed Timol Exhibition Launch
- International Museums Day
- Ahmed Timol Truth Prevails
- Youth Day celebration
- Africa day
- International Museums day
- Mamelodi Massacre Exhibition Launch