Johannesburg: Apartheid Museum to increase admission fees from 01 May 2025!

The Apartheid Museum in Johannesburg, one of South Africa’s most renowned historical attractions, has announced an increase in its admission fees, effective 01 May 2025. This annual price adjustment will see the adult ticket price rise from R160.00 to R170.00 per person, while entry for pensioners, students, and children will increase from R110.00 to R120.00 per person.
All admission tickets include access to the museum's audio tour, offering an immersive and informative visitor experience. Pensioners must present a valid ID, and students must show a current student card at the entrance.
Please note: Due to the graphic and sensitive content displayed throughout the Apartheid Museum, children under the age of 11 are not advised to visit.

Located within the Gold Reef City precinct, the Apartheid Museum has been a key cultural landmark since its opening in 2001. It is internationally recognized as the leading museum documenting 20th-century South African history, with a particular focus on the rise and fall of apartheid.
The Apartheid Museum is open to visitors Wednesday through Sunday, including public holidays, from 09:00 to 17:00.

Johannesburg: The Apartheid Museum increases admission fees!

The Apartheid Museum in Johannesburg is set to increase its admission fees. The management of the museum announced that the annual price increase will take effect from 01 May 2024. The admission fee for adults will go up from R150.00pp to R175.00pp, while the fee for pensioners, students and children will increase from R100pp to R120.00pp. The admission fee is includig an audio tour. A guided tour will cost R190.00pp. Please note that pensioners must produce an identification card and students a student card on entry. Due to the graphic nature of the Apartheid Museum's content, it is not deemed suitable for children under the age of 11 years. 

The Apartheid Museum, which is part of the Gold Reef City complex in Johannesburg, opened in 2001 and is acknowledged as the pre-eminent Museum in the world dealing with 20th century South Africa, at the heart of which is the apartheid story. The museum is open from Wednesday to Sunday from 09:00 to 17:00 and on public holidays.

Johannesburg: The Apartheid Museum re-opens! [update]

update (01 April 2022): The Apartheid Museum in Johannesburg is charging the follwing rates from visitors:

• Adults: R150.00
• Pensioners, students & children: R100.00
• Learners: R55.00
• Teachers: R65.00

update (14 March 2022): To begin with, the Apartheid Museum in Johannesburg will be open every week from Thursday to Sunday – 09:00 to 17:00.

The Apartheid Museum in Johannesburg has finally announced a re-opening date. The museum, which closed doors to the public between March 2020 and December 2020 and since March 2021 in light of the coronavirus pandemic, will welcome visitors again from 01 April 2022.
The Apartheid Museum, part of the Gold Reef City complex in Johannesburg, opened in 2001 and is acknowledged as the pre-eminent Museum in the world dealing with 20th century South Africa, at the heart of which is the apartheid story.

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Covid-19: The Apartheid Museum in Johannesburg has closed again! [update]

update (01 March 2022):  The Apartheid Museum in Johannesburg has announced on its Facebook page (24 Februar 2022), that it is closed for now, but is looking forward to reopening its doors to individual guests and school groups this year.

update (13 January 2022): According to a recent posting by the Apartheid Museum on its Facebook page, the museum in Johannesburg will be "reopening soon". We'll keep you posted!

update (15 November 2021): The Apartheid Museum in Johannesburg is still closed! 

update (20 October 2021): The Apartheid Museum in Johannesburg is still closed! 

update (24 September 2021): The Apartheid Museum in Johannesburg is still closed! 

update (02 September 2021): The Apartheid Museum in Johannesburg is still closed!

update (05 May 2021): The Apartheid Museum in Johannesburg is still closed!

The Apartheid Museum in Johannesburg has closed again until further notice on 01 March 2021 due to the continued effects of Covid-19. The Musuem, which forms part of the Gold Reef City complex right in the heart of Johannesburg, was already closed for nearly eight month from end of March 2020 to 03 December 2020 due to the global pandemic.
The Apartheid Museum opened its doors in 2001 and is acknowledged as the pre-eminent Museum in the world dealing with 20th century South Africa, at the heart of which is the apartheid story.

South Africa: The Apartheid Museum in Johannesburg is set to reopen to the public!

The Apartheid Museum in Johannesburg has announced that it will reopen to the public on 03 December 2020. The Museum is closed since 20 March 2020 due to the (ongoing) coronavirus pandemic. The Apartheid Museum will be open from Monday to Sunday from 09:00 to 17:00. The current admission fee is R100.00 for adults and R90.00 for pensioners, university students and children. Plan a two-hour visit to the Museum if you want to engage briefly with the exhibitions. The Apartheid Museum, part of the Gold Reef City complex in Johannesburg, opened in 2001 and is acknowledged as the pre-eminent Museum in the world dealing with 20th century South Africa, at the heart of which is the apartheid story.

Coronavirus pandemic: The Apartheid Museum in Johannesburg is temporarily closed!

In order to protect its staff and the public as well as to curb the spread of the coronavirus, the Apartheid Museum in Johannesburg is temporarily closed since 20 March 2020. The management of the museum is planning to re-open again after the Easter Weekend 2020 (around 14 April 2020) or until such time conditions allow to lift to re-open again. The Apartheid Museum, part of the Gold Reef City complex in Johannesburg, opened in 2001 and is acknowledged as the pre-eminent museum in the world dealing with 20th century South Africa, at the heart of which is the apartheid story.

KwaZulu-Natal: A new multi-purpose and exhibition centre has been opened in the Nelson Mandela Capture Site Precinct!

update (25 March 2020): The Nelson Mandela Capture Site Precinct is closed for the period of the national lockdown.

South Africa's Minister of Tourism Mmamoloko Kubayi-Ngubane, KwaZulu-Natal Premier Sihle Zikalala and the KwaZulu-Natal MEC for Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs (COGTA) Sipho Hlomuka, have officially unveiled a R20 million state of the art multi-purpose and exhibition Centre in the Nelson Mandela Capture Site Precinct near Howick in KwaZulu-Natal on 11 Februay 2020.* According to the curator Christopher Till, the idea of the multi-purpose exhibition centre is to create an interactive experience of South Africa's rich history. The main feature of the exhibition centre is a 360-degree film experience, which connects the capture of Nelson Mandela by the Apartheid police on 05 August 1962 with his time on Robben Island and the emancipation of South Africa, including the election in 1994, in three different films.

Photo by Ashim D’Silva on Unsplash

At the event, Minister Kubayi-Ngubane announced the commencement of a R12-million upgrade of the visitors' parking at the Nelson Mandela Capture Site Precinct, which includes a gatehouse, driveway upgrade, turning circle visitor parking, pedestrian walkways, internal fencing and way-finding signage. KZN Cogta is also to commence with R1.5- million improvements to the Mandela sculpture lighting, the Long Walk to Freedom lighting, ambient lighting around the Education Centre, and additional electrical infrastructure which will ensure that the site can be utilised by tourists even at night.
The Nelson Mandela Capture Site Precinct is located about 5 km north-west of Howick on the N3 between Durban and Johannesburg. It is open daily from 09:00 - 16:00. As of 13 February 2020, the admission fee will be R30 for young adults (12 - 18 years), R100 for adults, R60 for adults 60 years+ and R60 for students.

*11 February 2020 is the 30th anniversary of former President Nelson Mandela's release from prison.

Video: 5 Things to do in Johannesburg!

Rough Guides, a British travel guidebook and reference publisher, has set up a list of 5 things to do in Johannesburg. If you want to know why Rough Guides thinks that Joburg is on the up to be a global leader in... Music, Art, Style and Creativity, you don't want to miss this short video. Enjoy your quick video trip through Johannesburg's inner city, nearby Pilanesberg National Park, the Apartheid Museum, Soweto and the "new" Joburg. Kudos Rough Guides!

Apartheid Museum (Johannesburg): Free entry on Human Rights Day!

The Apartheid Museum in Johannesburg just announced on its Facebook page that the entrance will be free on Human Rights Day on 21 March 2019. The Museum will also host a public debate titled "The Black Body: (Still) a Site of Oppression" between 15:00 - 17:00 that day (RSVP required).


The Apartheid Museum is located on the corner of Northern Park Way and Gold Reef Road in Johannesburg. It is open daily from 09:00 - 17:00 (except for Good Friday, Christmas Day and New Year's Day). The admission fee is currently R95.00 for adults and R80.00 for pensioners, university students and children. You can visit the Apartheid Museum as part of your City Sightseeing red bus tour.

Johannesburg: The Apartheid Museum hosts a six-month exhibition on how the UN helped end apartheid!

Brand South Africa and the United Nations (UN) in South Africa are currently hosting a six months exhibition (19 October 2017 - 31 April 2018) titled "The Role of the United Nations in the Struggle for Freedom in South Africa" at the Apartheid Museum in Johannesburg. The exhibition highlights the contributions made by the United Nations in assisting South Africa to fight against apartheid and achieve its liberation.

The Apartheid Museum is situated next to Gold Reef City on the corner of Northern Park Way and Gold Reef Road in Ormonde in Johannesburg. The museum is open daily from 09:00 to 17:00. The admission fee is ZAR85.00 for adults and ZAR70.00 for pensioners, university students, children.

Video of the new City Sightseeing tour of Johannesburg

The operator of City Sightseeing, a global sightseeing bus brand, in South Africa is not only running city tours in Cape Town, but also, since January 2013, in Johannesburg. City Sightseeing's tour of Johannesburg follows a circular route around the city and stops 12 of the city's landmarks, including the Apartheid Museum, Gold Reef City and Constitution Hill. The entire tour takes approximately two hours and buses depart every 40min from each stop along the route. It is probably the easiest way to get a first glimpse (commentatory in 10 languages available) of Johannesburg and its sightseeing hotspots. Enjoy!



Stops along the Joburg Tour:

1. Gautrain Station @ Park (safe secure parking)
2. Ghandi Square
3. Carlton Centre
4. Santarama Miniland
5. James Hall Transport Museum
6. Gold Reef City (Tour Office, safe secure parking)
7. Apartheid Museum
8. Mining District Walk
9. Newtown
10. Origins Centre at Wits
11. Braamfontein
12. Constitution Hill

and back to Gautrain Station @ Park (safe secure parking)

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Apartheid Museum: Viral video campaign "A history forgotten - A future lost"

About two years ago the Apartheid Museum, located in Johannesburg, initiated the viral video campaign "A history forgotten - A future lost" (produced by tbwa) to display what average young South Africans nowadays know about their history and the oppression that was experienced under apartheid. The guys behind the cam interviewed various young people asking them to identify a series of famous people. First popular culture icons and lastly a famous anti-apartheid leader. Watch the six short videos to see what their answers were.

The Apartheid Museum, which opened in 2001, is a museum complex in Johannesburg, dedicated to illustrating the rise and fall of apartheid and the 20th century history of South Africa. Open from 9am-5pm, the Museum is closed Mondays, Good Friday and Christmas Day.

new Hostelworld podcast: Johannesburg - At the Apartheid Museum

Hostelworld is currently releasing a series of podcasts about South Africa. In the latest episode Hostelworld.com's Colm Hanratty speaks to Wayde Davey of the Apartheid Museum about the history of Apartheid in the country and the museum itself.

Previous podcasts:

• Wine Capital of South Africa
• Johannesburg - Gateway to Kruger National Park
• Pretoria - At the Union Buildings
• Port Elizabeth - Highlights of the Garden Route
• Jeffrey's Bay - A surfer's paradise
• Plettenberg Bay - At Monkeyland and Birds of Eden 
• Mossel Bay - Cage Diving with Great White Sharks 
• Cape Town - Ask the locals

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Viral video campaign for the Apartheid Museum in Johannesburg

I just came across the following six videos while browsing on youtube. I don't know if the videos are actually made by the Apartheid Museum, but they are defo gonna make people want to visit the museum.



The Apartheid Museum
Opening hours: Tue to Sun, 10h00 - 17h00
The Museum is closed Mondays, Good Friday & Christmas Day
Where: Northern Parkway & Gold Reef Road

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The Apartheid Museum in Johannesburg, South Africa

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UPDATE: listen to: David Smith's letter from Africa: Johannesburg's apartheid legacy

Johannesburg's sombre monuments to its apartheid past make it an unusual but worthwhile tourist destination, says David Smith
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Johannesburg's Apartheid Museum, illustrating the rise and fall of the Apartheid, opened its doors in 2001. For anyone wanting to understand and experience what apartheid South Africa was really like, a visit to the Apartheid Museum is fundamental.



The whole museum complex, conceptualised by several leading architectural firms, is a superb example of design, space and landscape offering the international community a pretty unique South African experience.
All 22 individual exhibition areas in the museum, including provocative film footage, photographs, text panels and artefacts illustrating the events and human stories, are taking the visitor through a dramatic emotional journey that tells a story of a state-sanctioned system based on racial discrimination and the struggle of the majority to overthrow this tyranny.

Opening hours: Tue to Sun, 10h00 - 17h00
The Museum is closed Mondays, Good Friday & Christmas Day
Where: Northern Parkway & Gold Reef Road

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