Located next door to the Gold City Reef amusement park, this is an essential museum to visit when visiting Johannesburg for anyone wanting to understand the history of Apartheid.

The museum is fairly large, so 2-4 hrs should be allowed to get round it. Many props including tanks and nooses from the apartheid era are on display inside, bringing the harrowing reality of some of the horrors faced during apartheid to life.

Visit the museum in addition to Mandela’s House & the Hector Peterson museum, which are located about 10km away in Soweto (20 mins drive).

History should be told using all various means of communication, and the Apartheid Museum did this.

I visited the museum on Easter Sunday, perfect as it was

Recommends to allow 2.5hrs - there is a lot of wall reading to be done.

There are special tour groups I think. Private English tours stumbled around me, I found it hard to concentrate and take in all the informations when the guides where speaking and sharing the stories with the private groups.

There was also a school/uni tripping through the museum when I was there, so no less Ros at but it was busy.

It is a well designed building and the intentions are meaningful. Personally I found it a difficult museum to follow the flow of the story as the story (and story boards) were jumping around in years and people very frequently. No signs to point in the direction one should go/follow either.

At the end of it I spent roughly 1.5hrs and didn’t read everything.

Several washroom facilities and very clean
Museum shop - limited stock
Cafe - service was very good
No free wifi

I think this should be a mandatory stop for anyone that has a sense of humanity and conciousness.I wish that could have been allowed to take pictures.Not for myself,but to give exposure to the place to my personal friends.And to spread the word to those that I know on social media.People need to know how far this country has come.Make time to see the short films that are there.

Worthwhile stop for tourists. Comprehensive coverage of the history with many displays. I walked around by myself and got a good sense of things, but do wonder if tour would have been better