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Mandela House Museum

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The Mandela House has transformed from a place of residence, into a preservation of the legacy of the Mandela family themselves.

The museum underwent a major restoration and restructuring project in 2008 and was then closed for a year to source original fabrics to match the authentic structure of the space: to construct a new Visitor Centre and see to the installation of exhibitions that display a visual storytelling element.

Extensive research and curation was done to convey all the elements and mimic the general space of the house. On 19 March, 2009, it was re-opened to showcase the changes in welcoming visitors, and creating a better tourist experience.

Built in 1945, Mandela house was commissioned as part of a Johannesburg City tender for new houses in Orlando. Whilst tiny in structure, its testimony of the family’s struggles for a free South Africa is large.

The house was ready in 1946 to receive Mandela who moved in with his first wife Evelyn Ntoko Mase. Later with a divorce finalized in 1957, Mandela welcomed his second wife, Winnie Madikizela Mandela into residence.

In 1999, the house was awarded the status of a public heritage site, with Nelson Mandela as the Founder Trustee.


Date: Daily

Time: 9am to 4.45pm

Price: R40pp to R180pp | Free (children u/7)


Venue address: 8115 Vilakazi St, Orlando West, Johannesburg

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Wheelchair accessibility: Unknown


Website: https://www.mandelahouse.com/

Tel: 011 936 7754

Email: [email protected]

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/mandelahousemuseum/

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/mandelahousemuseum/

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