Letaba Elephant Museum (Letaba Rest Camp, Kruger National Park) — this museum covers elephant evolution, biology, behavior, ecology and research. It also showcases the ivory of eight of Kruger’s greatest tuskers (including six of the Magnificent Seven). This site introduces you to these, and some of Kruger’s other big tuskers. It also has fun and […]
Inyoka Art Gallery (intersection of R527 and R531, Hoedspruit, Maruleng Municipality) – this is a gallery that features the work of people living, working and creating in and around Hoedspruit in Limpopo Province, South Africa. Run by the community, for the community, most of the work shown on this gallery is for sale. More info […]
Foskor Mine Museum (Koper Street, Phalaborwa 1390, Limpopo) –– this museum is dedicated to celebrating the rich, long-standing mining history of the region and the important part this industry has played in terms of the local economy and international recognition. Foskor provides insights into the mining history of Phalaborwa, both ancient and recent, and […]
Ditsong National Museum of Natural History (432 Paul Kruger Street, Pretoria) – formerly know, as the Transvaal Museum, this building contains large collections of Plio-Pleistocene fossils, (including hominids from Sterkfontein, Swartkrans and Kromdraai in the Cradle of Humankind), as well as late Permian therapsids (mammal-like reptiles from the Karoo). In addition, the museum holds very […]
Constitution Hill (11 Kotze Street, Braamfontein, Johannesburg) – this is the seat of the Constitutional Court of South Africa, established on the site of the Johannesburg Fort (built as a fortress in 1898 and later converted to one of the country’s most notorious prisons – popularly known as “Number Four”). There, political prisoners were […]
Apartheid Museum (Northern Parkway and Gold Reef Roads, Ormonde, Johannesburg) — The Apartheid Museum, close to downtown Johannesburg, focuses on the notorious system of racial discrimination that became synonymous with South Africa from 1948 (when the white-minority National Party was voted into power) until 1994, the year in which the country held its first […]
Sukuma Museum (Bujora Cultural Centre, Mwanza) — The Sukuma tribe are one of the largest in Tanzania. This venue was set up as a community initiative to preserve the tribe’s tradition arts and culture in the form of ‘living history’. The museum, which was set up in the late 1960s by the late Father David […]
Uhuru Monument (Uhuhu Roundabout, Arusha) – located near the Arusha Declaration Museum, this monument pays tribute to the “Arusha Declaration”, made by the country’s rulers in 1967 that espoused equality for all humanity, individual rights, a just return for one’s labor through socialism, and economic self-reliance. The monument was erected in 1977 by the country’s […]
Tanzanite Museum (The Tanzanite Experience, Blue Plaza, 3rd Floor, India Street, Arusha) — visiting The Tanzanite Experience Museum gives visitors a chance to enjoy one of the main attractions in Arusha. It is an exciting journey that leads you right into the heart of this precious gemstone. Through a guided tour, visitors understand why Tanzanite […]
Olduvai Gorge Museum (Ngorongoro Conservation Area) — Founded by Mary Leakey in the late 1970s, Olduvai Gorge Museum is now looked after by Tanzania’s Department of Cultural Antiquities. The attraction was created to house fossils of early hominids, as well as tools and other paleontological artefacts found in the area around Olduvai Gorge. In the […]