Visit the Mandela Museum in Soweto, Nelson Mandela's former home

The Mandela Museum in Soweto is housed in what was once the home of Nelson Mandela, the world's most famous political prisoner and South Africa's former president.


The Mandela Museum in Soweto is housed in what was once the home of Nelson Mandela, the world's most famous political prisoner and South Africa's former president.
Soweto was important in the struggle against apartheid, and Mandela's house seems an appropriate site for a museum that charts the long, hard-fought path to democracy.

Where?
Mandela Museum
8115 Ngakane Str, Orlando West, Soweto
South Africa
+27 (0) 11 936 7754
Open: Every day from 9:30am to 5pm

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