Welcome to DITSONG Museums of South Africa!
The DITSONG Museums of South Africa is an amalgamation of eight national museums, seven in Tshwane and one in Johannesburg. The target audience for these museums are children, youth, adults, students, tourists (foreign and local), researchers and the public in general. Read more >
Museums
DITSONG MUSEUMS have diverse collections covering the fields of fauna and flora, palaeontology, military history, cultural history, geology, anthropology and archaeology.
Calendar of upcoming events such as exhibitions, memorial days,...
Events and dates in this schedule are subject to change without prior notice.
Please confirm with individual museums for each event.
Ditsong National Museum of Cultural History
History of the Museum Building
The Museum site used to be a prison, then the Royal Mint, and then became the South African Mint. When the mint moved to Midrand, the building was refurbished for a Museum.
The Ditsong National Museum of Military History, located in Saxonwold Johannesburg aims to preserve our nation’s military history for future generations... Read More