Museum of apartheid


Johannesburg is known not only for gold mines. As a rule, tourists are poorly oriented in local sights, and there is much to see here. One of these places is the Museum of apartheid.

Prehistory

Racial discrimination in this South African country in its time reached its climax. Many political leaders who advocated for the rights of the Black, who were the indigenous people of this region, were killed by outsiders on this land in search of gold by whites.

The apartheid museum is quite young. It was opened in 2001 in Johannesburg so that the descendants of both white and black would never forget how the "colonists" destroyed the local population, created ghetto for blacks and posh areas for themselves

What can I see?

Feel your skin, what is discrimination by skin color, you can not go to the museum. Here there are separate cash desks - for color and for whites. Inside, too, are two entrances.

The apartheid museum narrates about racial discrimination in South Africa up to the 90s of the XX century. Tourists are invariably attracted by its interactive exposition, equipped with modern displays. In addition to visual exhibits, it is supplemented with detailed photo and video materials.

There are 22 exhibition halls in the apartheid museum. The most impressive and at the same time depressing is the Hall of Political Execution. It is filled with hundreds of hanging loops, symbolizing the fighters with apartheid, who died during his entire existence in South Africa . The struggle was led by the African National Congress, which for a long time was in exile.

Many of the halls of the museum are decorated with photographs. There are temporary exhibitions, for example, dedicated to Nelson Mandela. This man spent 27 years in prison, and all this time he continued to struggle against racial discrimination against blacks. He was released in 1990, and in 1994. In the general election, Nelson Mandela became the first president of South Africa .

The Apartheid Museum is located in the center of the capital of South Africa, Johannesburg . The building resembles Robbenail - a prison in which Nelson Mandela spent 18 of 27 years and looks strikingly close to the Gold Reef City theme park, which tells of the times of the gold rush in South Africa .

Another contrast - an incredible beauty garden, created by Patrick Watson. Everyone gets here after a two-hour excursion around the museum.

How to get here?

The apartheid museum works 6 days a week from 9 to 17 hours, the day off is Sunday. The cost of tickets is different: 50 rents for adults, 55 rents for students, and 40 for students.

You can get to the museum by bus number 55. Stop Crownwood Rd.