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
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· 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
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· 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
·(Soweto)
· James Hall Transport Museum – land transport
· Madiba Freedom Museum – charts South Africa’s journey to democracy
· Museum Africa
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· Vasco Da Gama Fountain and Clock – Portuguese discoverer
· John Ross Statue – John Ross walked 600 miles to Delagoa Bay, to get medical supplies for his compatriots in distress in Port Natal.
· Mahatma Gandhi Bust – statue serves to commemorate the time he purchased a first class train ticket to Johannesburg in June, 1893.
· Durban City Hall
Potchefstrrom:
· Old Fort (museum & cemetery)
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· Nelson Mandela Museum
Grahamstown:
· Observatory Museum
Kimberley:
· William Humphreys Art Gallery
Bloemfontein:
· War Museum of the Boer Republics – dedicated to the brave Boers who fought and died for their freedom
Bredasdorp
· Shipwreck Museum
Swellendam:
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· Afrikaans Language Museum
Pilgrims’ Rest
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Orania:
· Koeksister monument – ode to a South African delicacy.
