We currently hold 174 art museums on record across South Africa, covering all nine provinces. The largest concentrations are in Western Cape (42), Gauteng (41) and Eastern Cape (23). Well-covered towns and suburbs include Johannesburg, Cape Town and Tshwane. We have a contact number for 89% of these entries and a website for 63%, so most can be checked before you travel.
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Showing 20 of 174 places we have on record in South Africa.
- Wits Art MuseumWits Art Museum Cnr Jorissen and, Bertha St, Johannesburg, Gauteng+27117171365 / Website / Directions
- Oliewenhuis Art Museum20 Harry Smith St, Bloemfontein, Free State+27789684300 / Website / Directions
- Norval Foundation4 Steenberg Rd, Cape Town, Western Cape+27876545900 / Website / Directions
- Rupert MuseumStellentia Rd, Stellenbosch, Western Cape+27218883344 / Website / Directions
- South African National GalleryGovernment Ave, Cape Town, Western Cape+27214813970 / Website / Directions
- The Owl HouseMartins Street, Dr Beyers Naude, Eastern Cape+27498411733 / Website / Directions
- Nirox FoundationNirox Sculpture Park, Krugersdorp, Gauteng+27608862407 / Website / Directions
- Pretoria Art MuseumWessels St, Tshwane, Gauteng+27123586750 / Website / Directions
- Museu Nacional de ArteAv. Ho Chi Min, Cidade de Maputo+258846294862 / Directions
- Christo Coetzee Art Museum at The Victorian14 Church Street, Tulbagh, Western Cape+27232301041 / Website / Directions
- The Owl House Nieu-BethesdaThe Owl House 9 Martins Street, Dr Beyers Naude, Eastern Cape+27498411603 / Website / Directions
- Eastcoastclassics Museum1 Munster Park Farm, Old Main Rd Munster, Port Edward, KwaZulu-Natal+27609808421 / Website / Directions
- Jan Rupert Centre41 Middel Street, Graaff-Reinet, Eastern Cape0498926107 / Website / Directions
- The Art GalleryNo 6 Royal Lane / Corner of High Street, Hermanus, Western Cape0606768652 / Website / Directions
- Usave Hopefield37 Voortrekker Street, Hopefield0227238080 / Website / Directions
- Nelson Mandela Metropolitan Art Museum1 Park Dr, Gqeberha, Eastern Cape+27415062000 / Website / Directions
- Museum of Illusions Cape Town10 Kloof St, Cape Town, Western Cape+27215410744 / Website / Directions
- Friends of the Michaelis CollectionOld Town House, Greenmarket Square, Shortmarket Street, Cape Town, Western Cape+27214813933 / Website / Directions
- HK Contemporary - Art Museum, Gallery and Studio1 Stinkwood Rd, Tshwane, Gauteng+27832640753 / Website / Directions
- Zeitz Museum of Contemporary Art Africa (MOCAA)South Arm Rd, Cape Town, Western Cape087 350 4777 / Website / Directions
Listings come from the open Overture Maps Places dataset and are shown as recorded there. We are a directory, not the provider. Details change often, so please confirm by phone before you travel. We do not publish opening hours because our source does not carry verified hours.
We hold 174 matching entries in total. The list above shows the most complete records first, meaning those with a contact number and a street address, so you have something you can act on straight away.
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This page covers art museums across South Africa, drawing on 174 recorded entries in 100 towns and suburbs. Use the list above to find something close to you, then confirm the details directly.
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This page covers art museums across South Africa, drawing on 174 recorded entries in 100 towns and suburbs. Use the list above to find something close to you, then confirm the details directly.
Hours, Contact Details and Directions
We do not publish opening hours for individual art museums. Our listing data comes from an open mapping dataset that does not carry verified trading hours, and publishing a guess would be worse than publishing nothing: you could drive to a closed door on the strength of it.
To confirm hours before you travel, phone the number shown on the listing, check the branch page on the operator’s own website, or look at the live “popular times” panel on the mapping service you use for directions. Hours in South Africa commonly differ on Sundays and public holidays, and many centres close earlier than their anchor tenants.
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We hold 174 matching entries for South Africa and show the most complete of them above, prioritising those with a contact number and a street address.
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