The National Cultural History Museum has items appealing to all - from the ancient art of the San, to contemporary works of leading artists; from the distant history of Mapungubwe to apartheid in the recent past. Appropriately situated in the capital, this stately institution also features a programme of temporary exhibits. more

The Mphebatho Cultural Museum near Sun City in the North West province of South Africa and its sister, the Phuthadikobo Museum in Botswana, are community-owned repositories that preserve and document the way of life of the Bakgatla-ba-Kgafela people, thereby capturing their essence for generations to come. more

If you want to find out about Huberta the Hippo, the various Xhosa kings, why Pondo women smoke with longer-stemmed pipes than Pondo men, how British settlers lived here in the 1800s and what an aardvark looks like up close, then come to the Amathole Museum in King William’s Town. more

Man originated in Africa, geneticists say, then journeyed to the rest of the world. South African museums dutifully bring this ancient human history to life, and also capture the history of colonial South Africa as well as the multi-cultural political history that defines it today. more

Cape Town Holocaust Centre preserves photographs, films, artefacts and mementos that vividly illustrate life in the ghettos and the full horror of genocide. Sections cover the start of persecution, ghetto development, the fiendish "final solution", death camps, liberation and the accounts of local survivors. more

The Origins Centre in South Africa details Man's evolution from ape-man to modern life. Using cutting edge technology along with creative artistic genius we learn who we are today by learning who we were yesterday. more