Interested in vehicles that move, shake, rattle and roll? Then visit the James Hall Museum of Transport in the south of Johannesburg. Check out the oldest car on display, early motorcycles, a penny-farthing, steam trains, electric cars, ox-wagons, a travelling library, a fire engine and much more. more

A visit to the South African Breweries (SAB) World of Beer museum in Johannesburg's Newtown Cultural Precinct offers fascinating insight into the history of beer - a much-loved beverage in South Africa and the rest of the world. more

Count your modern medical blessings when you encounter historic medical memorabilia at the Adler Museum of Medicine. From bleeding and cupping equipment and a 19th century amputation set to electrical apparatus favoured by Queen Victoria to ease her rheumatism, this quirky museum provides a fascinating peek into our unhealthy past. more

The Kimberley Mine Museum is a window back to a time when fortune seekers converged here to dig for diamonds. This mining museum recreates what the town must have looked like, while allowing visitors to admire a replica of the stone on which the country’s diamond wealth was founded. more

The Kliptown open air museum is where delegates to a people's parliament met in 1955 to adopt the Freedom Charter, now the cornerstone of the Bill of Rights and the South African Constitution. This historical museum in Soweto is dedicated to Walter Sisulu, a stalwart of the Freedom Struggle. more

From huge whale skeletons that float in the air, an eccentric pipe collection, all manner of snakes and a cannon recovered from a famous shipwreck to an exciting outdoor dinosaur display where the exhibits ‘come alive’, the Port Elizabeth Museum at Bayworld caters for a whole family’s tastes and preferences. more

In the 1950s, Mandela & Tambo Attorneys operated out of the humble 3-storey Chancellor House building in Johannesburg. Recently restored and refurbished, the once derelict offices at the corner of Fox and Gerard Sekoto streets once again convey the spirit of Nelson Mandela, Oliver Tambo and the freedom struggle. more

The Apartheid Museum, set in superbly landscaped grounds, uses multimedia exhibits to recall the struggle for freedom from racial oppression. Film footage, text panels and artefacts are arranged in such a way as to recreate the experience of what it was like to live under apartheid. more

The Pretoria Art Museum’s collection policy has always focused on establishing a representative collection of local art. It hosts revolving exhibitions of work from its permanent collection, as well as regular temporary exhibitions by local artists, including urban and rural art, paintings, sculpture, graphics, tapestries, photographic prints and ceramics. more

Graaff-Reinet is full of surprising discoveries, like the Hester Rupert Art Museum. This Karoo art museum houses a wonderful collection of South African art, with over a hundred paintings and sculptures by Maud Sumner, Maggie Laubser, Johannes Meintjies and other leading South African artists. more

The Albany Museum in Grahamstown is a vast complex of static and mobile displays and a series of buildings housing a wide variety of artifacts, educational packages, historic dioramas, cultural collections and accessible science. For professional students, researchers and hobbyists alike, the Albany Museum represents a national asset. more