- Address: Pretoria Central, Pretoria 0002, South Africa
- Phone: +27 12 322 7632
- Official website: www.ditsong.org.za
Like any other capital of the world, the main city of the South African republic of Pretoria is replete with a variety of cultural and educational institutions, among which stands the Transvaal Museum, which is the center of natural science.
Background History
This establishment was founded more than a hundred years ago - in 1892, and the first director was Jerome Gunning.
First, the institution was located in the same building as the country's parliament, and later it was allocated a separate building. This is a beautiful building attracting tourists with its charming appearance. About him are often exhibited, for example, the skeletons of dinosaurs.
What can you see in the museum?
The Transvaal museum will be interesting not only for lovers of natural science. After all, his expositions are incredible, filled with a variety of exhibits.
For example, here you can see fossilized remains:
- primitive people inhabiting the southern part of the African continent;
- mammals and other animals;
- birds and fish.
All the exhibits were collected for many years - not decades, but even centuries, during excavations in different parts of Africa.
In addition to the petrified remains, you can see the skeletons of animals, skins and other interesting artifacts, most of which are unique and of great value for science and history.
All the remains belong to animals, fish and birds that lived on the planet hundreds, even thousands of years ago.
How to get there?
If you have already arrived in Pretoria (the flight from Moscow will take more than 20 hours and will require two transplants), then finding the Transvaal Museum will not be difficult. It is located on P. Kruger Street (exactly opposite the city municipality) and has an attractive architecture.
The doors of the museum are open to visitors daily (without traditional days off on Saturday and Sunday, but on certain public holidays it can be closed) from 8 am to 4 pm.
The cost of visiting for adults is just over 1.5 US dollars (25 Rand of South Africa), and for children - less than 1 US dollar (10 rand of South Africa).
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