Apartheid Museum & Soweto

Where it is & how to get there

• Apartheid Museum: Next to Gold Reef City; allow 2–3 hours.
• Soweto: Guided tours visit Mandela House on Vilakazi Street and the Hector Pieterson Memorial.
• Safety: Visit Soweto with a reputable guide.

The story of the Apartheid Museum

The Apartheid Museum, opened in 2001, tells the story of racial segregation in South Africa from 1948 to 1994. Visitors enter through separate gates marked "white" and "non-white" to feel how the system divided people.

In Soweto, Vilakazi Street is the only street in the world where two Nobel Peace Prize winners lived: Nelson Mandela and Archbishop Desmond Tutu.

Best time to visit

Tips before you go

• Book a guided Soweto tour.
• Visit the Apartheid Museum first for context.
• Take a guided Soweto tour including Mandela House.

What's around the Apartheid Museum

• Mandela HouseOn Vilakazi Street.
• Hector Pieterson Memorial1976 uprising memorial.
• Constitution HillFormer prison, now court.
• Gold Reef CityTheme park next to the museum.

Questions travellers ask